[SLUG] Am I dumb??? or is Debian still better than Ubuntu?

[Richard Hayes <nada@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear list,

I want to setup a server so remote users (ie brother in-law) can access 
a box with Aussie IP address.
Currently foreign IPs can not assess eBay Australia he sells lots of 
stuff through eBay.

So, I downloaded the 7.04 Ubuntu desktop image and burnt it to a CD. 
Then I tried to install it on an old Compaq box but I don't have spare 
mouse  to use the desktop stuff.
Tried three old ones but no success.

After 30 mins of stuffing around I could not do anything without a mouse 
so I decided
to download the 32M cd image of Debian and configured the box in 2 mins. 
The download
of all the software will still take another 2 hours.

But I found in much easier to manually configure the box than use the 
automatic stuff. 

How many other people prefer the text setup rather than graphical system??

Am I dumb or what??

regards,

Richard Hayes
0414 618 425

  

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