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You may be forgetting the past of Linux distros. While Ubuntu's first version was 4.10, Distributions like Linux-Mandrake (released in July 1998) had a similar
by xtracto 12y ago
You may be forgetting the past of Linux distros. While Ubuntu's first version was 4.10, Distributions like Linux-Mandrake (released in July 1998) had a similar goal. They made their choices clear on what software to install and even added their own configuration applications.
- forca 12y agoMandrake made Linux exciting immediately w/o having to do Slackware-like config file nightmares.
- eloisant 12y agoLinux Mandrake started this way but didn't have the balls to stick with their choices (KDE) and quickly included the usual "do you want KDE or Gnome?" in their setup. Just because they were afraid to restrict their market share by excluded people who liked Gnome.