2011/11/24 Sam Vagni <sam.va...@gmail.com>: > On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Andrew Wood <a....@me.com> wrote: > >> Hi Sam > > Hello. > >> I would whole heartedly recommend Debian. The problem with the other distros >> like Ubuntu, Fedora etc that try to be on the bleeding edge is that they >> tend to be buggy (and often slower) and each time a new release come out >> upgrading tends to break everything, and becasue they work on such a short >> life cycle (6 months between releases no matter what) you have to keep >> upgrading to get the latest security fixes etc but the 6 monthly deadline >> means stuff gets released before its ready. Theyre great distros for >> developers who want to test out the latest technology but theyre not suited >> for desktop 'everyday' use even though unfortunatly thats how they market >> them, and I think Linux's reputation as a whole suffers as a result. > > Yeah, I think you are right, they are unstable and each time a newer > version comes before anyone is addicted with the older one. > >> Debian is a rock solid distro, after many years of using Linux on servers >> and the desktop and trying (and getting frustrated by) Fedora, Ubuntu & >> Linux Mint I've settled on Debian and found it to be pure quality. > > Debian - yeas I heard of its rock solid stability! But I have not > heard of newbies using it, seems typical for them, so as a newbie > would it not be that difficult...? I am after all not a geek user! > >> Ive not had any problems with hardware compatability (unlike Linux Mint & >> Fedora which Ive had headaches with to do with graphics) and as for not >> having the latest technology, its not that out of date, and what would you >> rather have - the absolute latest version which no one has tested (you're >> the tester!) or a version slightly behind the cutting edge which has been >> tried, tested and fixed? > > Yeah, the great thing with Debian might be that it is stable and bug > free, so that's what the best part I guess. > >> With regards to Firefox & Flash, I run the binary version of both which you >> can get from the firefox & adobe websites and they work together great. > > Okay. > >> i would avoid gnash (the free reverse engineered flash implementation that >> debian and many linux distros ship) like the plague - its buggy and >> basically just doesnt work, in fact I would remove it as soon as youve >> installed Debian (run apt-get remove gnash as root from the command >> line). > > I don't know anything abt 'gnash'...., whatever be...But at least I am > happy that Debian is so stable and includes only the bug free items in > its package, the well tested before any integration that would > definitely be a plus point. > >> you might need to manually install the fimware packages for some of your >> hardware with Debian (its not installed by default) which you dont need to >> do with other distros but its not difficult and the end result is worth it. > > Lastly, I am confused, if using Debian and installing software is easy > or tough for noobs?
To be clear, installing package is very useful with aptitude and generally apt. Try a man apt or a google search with apt and you'll see that's very easy and intuitive ! But remember even if there is some good guy, always use first the command line. That's my opinion. > > Thanks. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/cangxef+zz2rtk02ozo2wje3tbhzi0dkaposkggaxaz77a-...@mail.gmail.com > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CALvL=tm2undltj+qoe7pshaycsh2wd_xnfxdtxvqppq_bqr...@mail.gmail.com
