Thread: Desktop Linux Shootout :-)

Look, vishalrao, I agree that the things being asked for on boot in PCLOS are dumb It's lame, and Texstar have recieved their share of criticism for it. But saying "PCLOS sucks" just because of this is not right. Look in terms of user friendliness, look from the eyes of a Windows addict. The control center tries to emulate the Windows Control Panel, but provides a lot more powerful features than it. KDE is highly customised, and if you look at the default settings, they have been fine tuned for ease of use and a systematical, hierarchial management.

It has gui apps for almost everything. redo-mbr is a cool gui tool, that can be used from the live cd to restore your GRUB after a Windows installation. You can edit the xorg.conf, fstab and all other config files, without actually opening them or knowing what they are, or even if they exist. ntfs-config and the PCLOS control center take care of that.

Overall, what matters in a distro is the question that - "Can I use thins thing for 6 months straight without any problems? Can I turn this into a power packed desktop experience?"

If the answer is yes, then go ahead and have fun! That distro is PCLOS for me!

i hope you realise that whenever i (or anyone for that matter) say something sucks, i shouldn't have to keep adding IMO or IMHO or IMNSHO etc, it should be implicit.

of course i was talking about my own opinion of these distros and im well aware what sucks for me works superbly for others.

another communication gap which many people face everyday in different scenarios (especially work life) and should be aware of is that when i say "pclinuxos sucks" i am saying just that. i am not saying "you suck because you use pclinuxos". people often get offended because they assume that. one classic example mentioned in communication training (for work) is that when someone proposes an idea and someone calls that idea "dumb", it is made clear that it is the IDEA that is dumb not the person who proposed it

so, no, i dont think anyone should avoid any words, not even "it sucks". because "it sucks" means "it sucks" not "you suck". capiche?

dang, i used the word "suck" so many times in this single post already will try to control it from now on.

so students, i hope today's short essay on communication skills was helpful

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heh (IMO) ;)

There's one really important point (IMO) on which PCLinuxOS is lacking behind Ubuntu, as I noticed today and which gave me a lot of trouble, is that when Ubuntu is installed on a system after installin a multiple OS's on other partitions, the Ubuntu GRUB detects all the OS's and lists them automatically whereas the PCLinuxOS needs virtual spoonfeeding and all kinds of info like boot points and Kernel Image have to be filled in.

Originally Posted by dips0502

Can we just discuss the distros instead of 'communication skills'.

i *was* just discussing distros until you asked me not to say "it sucks" which prompted me to write that essay, kthx.

Originally Posted by dips0502

Your essay sucked. Remember not you, but the essay sucked.

ha ha funny, now have a cuppa:




damn this "automerged doublepost" i want to reach 1000 posts like yesterday

vishal you sure don't miss a single opportunity to mop pclinuxos . But since this is your own opinion i don't understand why others are getting heated .

ya! and lets not forget i think fedora and mandriva suck too heh

Ubuntu suxX0rs, PCLinuxOS r0xXrs!