On 17/10/14 21:45, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > > Le 16.10.2014 11:05, Wim Bertels a écrit : >> Hallo, >> >> which distro would u recommend given the following wishes: >> - debian/debian based >> - stable >> - recent (ie debian stable being to old for the desktop in my opinion) >> - no blobs (ie closed firmware for example) in the kernel or default >> installation >> - having the option to choose non free software >
Distro... you can closely approximate most Debian "derivatives" by just by selecting the desktop at install time. That can be done using the intall-gui and selected the advanced(not sure if thats what it's called?) options, or from the cli "expert desktop=" and choose the desktop of your preference e.g. for Kubuntu/Mint desktop=kde (theme to suit your taste) etc. (there are a number of desktop choices available at the start of the installation - or don't select desktop (or server) during the installation, and after the reboot pick from a much larger range of desktop environments (or make you own by choosing the components). > Debian testing? Which 'will' get you the latest software and hardware support, and stability - depending on your definition of stability (frequent updates - but very rarely will you see a critical crash) Alternatively try Debian stable with backports enabled (can be a little trickier to manage than testing if you are not careful about which backports you apply) 1. enable the nonfree repository in /etc/apt/sources.list 2. enable the backports repository in /etc/apt/sources.list (or add an entry in /etc/apt/sources.list.d e.g. backports.list The required line for backports is:- deb http://debian.asis.io/debian/ wheezy-backports main non-free contrib NOTE: that is probably not the fastest local repository for your location, feel free to change. 3. (optional) add the iceweasel repository to enable the current version of iceweasel e.g.:- cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/iceweasel.list deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ wheezy-backports iceweasel-release 4. (optional) add the deb-multimedia repository e.g.:- cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/multimedia.list # add the keys:- apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org wheezy main non-free 5. (recommended if doing 4.) pin the deb-multimedia repository to prevent breaking vlc and other packages e.g.:- cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/multimedia.pref multimedia.pref Package: * Pin: origin *.deb-multimedia.org Pin-Priority: 200 ---8<--------------------->8------------------ Blobs? Your choice with Debian (and at least some derivatives) providing *you* don't choose hardware that requires it. Debian does provide some nonfree kernel blobs. Kind regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5440eea7.6000...@gmail.com
