Tim Post schreef: > On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 13:32 +0800, meisam sarabadani wrote: > > dear Debian People > > > > its been long time im using ubuntu, breezy, dapper, and edgy the last > > one, im ganna change it to debian for a while, would u please tell me > > which distribution is better? i need to know it and i need to make up > > my mind what to do, tell me the differences please, is is a good idea > > to switch to debian, and by the way i know that ubuntu is debian > > base. > > > > best regards. > > > > Meisam Sarabadani student in MMU University, malaysia, Cyberia > > majoring at Information System Engineering > > What's the intended use of the system? I use Ubuntu breezy and Debian > Sarge (plus a little help from backports.org) for most things, I find I > like both equally. > > Best, > -Tim >
I agree with Tim that first of all you should make up your mind about the intended use of your system. I have experience with SUSE when OpenSUSE did not yet exist. I had to buy a new version every year or so. Moreover it turned out to be very difficult to install newer software, because the libraries were becoming too old. Then I decided to install Debian. I chose the 'testing' distribution. Now I have it two years running and I am very satisfied. 'Testing' is continuously updated, so you have very recent software. Moreover, the updating is a continuous process, so you never have to reinstall your system. Moreover, in 'testing' you have very many packages, which can be installed with 'synaptic', a graphical front end to 'apt'. During the last two years I have experience very few serious problems with 'testing'. I use Debian 'testing' as a desktop system for my own personal use. Of course, if you are using your system in a production environment you should choose 'stable' in stead of 'testing'. Installing Debian is very easy: just download a CD for a net install and then install your system from the net. -- Eeltje -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
