Life on the bleeding edge

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 01:45:42AM -0400, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> I've been looking to put a new distro on my laptop, and my choice this
> time is to do something that is close to being, if not quite yet, fully
> cooked.
> 
> I've tried Release Candidate 2 of Mandriva 2007; in fact that's what I'm
> using as I write this now. It uses the Compiz window manager with 3D
> effects using the AIGLX extensions to X Windows (it also supports XGL).
> Some of the eye candy is nice, but it doesn't really offer much more
> functionality and some things (like the elastic-band characteristic of
> windows) is starting to get on my nerves.
> 
> I'm thinking of tossing it, and trying out Kubuntu Edgy instread. Lots
> of new stuff (and an available package of KDE 4!) but no plans to
> integrate the 3D stuff anytime soon. I was quite impressed with the
> Dapper release (which now supports the PLF repository as well as
> Mandriva). Does anyone have any experience with Edgy they'd like to share?
> 
> Also: what's the Ubuntu upgrade experience like? Was going from Breezy
> to Dapper reasonably clean?

I am not sure they support skipping versions (I don't run ubuntu
myself).  Might have to upgrade one version at a time.

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