Re: fp=fopen("can_of_worms","r");

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Mark Smallwood <mark@omnivia.net> wrote:
> An older machine here (Duron-800MHz, 512MB RAM, 8GB HD not incl. /home
> partition) runs Mandrake 9.2 that no longer can update. It's used for
> supervised web/email/etc but nothing too intensive. I'm looking for a quick
> and painless move to something else. Galeon and Evolution are used now, so
> Firefox should work fine but the latter means Gnome instead of KDE.
>
> My main impetus is to minimize the low-level, simmering support issues that
> only immediate family can inflict. Secondary is a curiosity about Ubuntu. Can
> the collective genius come to consensus about an appropriate version? Or
> should I stick with a Mandriva path? Or something else?

Wait 2 weeks and then install Ubuntu 8.04; there's been major
improvements in the 'just works' or 'works after you select one
package' departments, and it's a long-term supported release.
Received on Thu Apr 10 10:02:19 2008