On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 21:25 +0000, James Freer wrote:
Well... that is the sort of deduction that i've made being a newbie to linux. Ubuntu got a real damning in a comparison with PCLinuxOS.
It is a bit contradictory to your main grievance with Ubuntu being out of date given that PClinuxOS have only just gotten around to releasing a 2.6.22 kernel (literally a few days ago) which I have been running on Gutsy since the start of October. :)
it looks like your options are as follows
Follow MJR's advice and build YVM against your libc6 ( it really isn't as scary as it sounds)
Tell us the version of libc6 dpkg was asking for so we can see if Gutsy has it then you could upgrade to gutsy and install the package you have
Install a different distro that has a newer version of YVM, but then you may discover other things you don't like and it seems like a lot of work for just one App
I just bought a book on ubuntu and tried it as many claim it's the best distro!
TBH it is not unusual for newcomers to jump around Distros until they find a comfortable spot...I started on Suse, jumped between Mandrake/Mandriva (what PClinuxOS is based on) and redhat a bit, settled back on Suse and then about 2 years ago switched to Ubuntu. But I have never inferred that Ubuntu is the best distro..it just fits my desktop needs best at this point in time. For servers I tend to use Debian unless the customer/some 3rd party software demands enterprise versions of Redhat or Suse etc. The only thing I have suggested to new users in the past is that ubuntu may be a good choice as a fair few people in ALUG run it, it can in some cases make life a little easier than Debian IMO and the community around the ubuntuforums is quite active.
One advantage now is that with liveCD's being so common it is possible to try these things with little or no effort, just download PClinuxOS boot it up and see what you think.