On Sat, 2011-11-12 at 17:30 +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:16:03 -0500, Rob wrote in message > <20111112141603.gb18...@aurora.owens.net>: > > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 02:47:33PM -0500, Douglas Saylor wrote: > > > I used Debian once before, years ago & at the time Debian seemed > > > difficult to configure & software was way behind the times. I don't > > > know if I'm just getting older & more cranky, but I *think* I'd > > > rather have older but stable & "just works". For now, I'll have the > > > option to boot into either Debian or Ubuntu. I've used Ubuntu for > > > years, but this Unity is killing me. Maybe Debian will be a better > > > fit for me. If so, I'll shrink my Ubuntu partition or, maybe even > > > delete the partition. If not, vise-versa ...Linux does give you > > > options. > > Check out Debian Backports to get some newer software on Debian > > Stable. > > ..or try Debian Sid/Unstable, IME stable enough for me, > and IMO, for the annoyed ex-Ubuntu-'n-Unity crowd too.
Ubuntu Studio doesn't use Unity and for Debian you'll experience GNOME 3 also as annoying. Unity and GNOME 3 (without using fallback mode) are sign of the times. Idiocy! Mimicry of Apple and Microsoft trash! - 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/1321201977.4744.45.camel@debian
