I recommend to stay with Debian and to stay for Debian with the Linux kernel and what ever boot loader you're using now. Test WMs and DEs, win experiences and in the future you still can decide to use FreeBSD, another Linux distro and/or other bootloaders.
I prefer Linux over FreeBSD, but have both installed, I prefer another Linux distro, but Debian IMO is a good choice too and the bootloader is relatively unimportant, as long as it makes the needed multi-boots available. We all needed to start at some point and win experiences. Having a choice between uncountable solutions for a newbie definitively is confusing, but the advantage is, once you have got experiences, you can customize your OS too your needs. This community can give you hints, if you would describe your needs. E.g. is the target to get a server, something real-time related, IOW audio or CNC, something to make arts, office work etc. pp.?! 2 Cents, without following the whole thread. We could confuse you completely by explaining, why we chose the set up we prefer, this wont help you, but only confuse you. You've got the choice between audio servers, startup systems and many other things too. Libre has got a learning curve. Even a discussion about the preferred editor could cause a flame war :D. Simply start, I guess the only useful hint were _all_ of us agree is, that you should start with learning how to make backups of your install and that you should make regular backups, so you are free to damage your install and simply restore it to a working state. Regards, Ralf -- 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/1379520900.1847.15.camel@archlinux
