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 having the latest technology, its not that out of date, and what would you 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? 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+ZZ2RTK02OZO2wje3tbhZi0DKaPoS=kggaxaz77a-...@mail.gmail.com
