I'm not a linux guru, even by a long shot. Many years ago, I was fed up with the ethics of ms and wanted to switch to something interesting, like linux. Back then it was a huge learning curve and full of gurus that hat little time or patience for noobs..
A few years ago, I tried a number of linux flavours, all based on ubuntu. I finally settled on mint as it worked well, even with an aging laptop. I find however, not being the usual blinkered windoze guy, that I'm not satisfied with a vanilla ubuntu desktop and spend more time than anything in the terminal.
Ok, linux isn't exactly a games machine, but 32bit support covers more than "just games". Taking it away hurts users that want/need it. Bad move ubuntu..
Being on mint, theres a debian edition and at my level, its probably a better choice (for me) to progress with linux and avoid ubuntu's mess.
Back to my thoughts on debian, maybe this is just the time to push this distro. Debian could do well from ubuntu's poor decisions..
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Debian 11 "Bullseye" Cycle Prepares To Begin Long Journey
Collapse
X
-
Originally posted by DoMiNeLa10 View PostFirst of all, I really miss him here. the forum feels dead without him.
Also, Debian tries to be "universal", not a server distro.
- Likes 4
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by DoMiNeLa10 View Post
I'm not dense enough to use Debian for anything. It doesn't have as much packages as Arch, it has it's own silly free software definition I don't agree with (GNU FDL with invariant sections is fine), alternatives are garbage, the package manager is clunky, and the install process is so bad you're better off without an installer.
- Likes 4
Leave a comment:
-
Guest repliedOriginally posted by Brisse View Post
Your post number 420 and it shows because you are clearly high.
Jokes aside, software in Debian testing is usually not more than ~10 days after upstream releases. It's only after release that it starts ageing, and even then it still gets timely security updates and bug fixes.
Want to run Debian with up to date packages? No problem, just run testing or unstable. They are basically like any other rolling distribution.
- Likes 3
Leave a comment:
-
Guest repliedOriginally posted by DanL View Post
You sound like that debianxfce troll: "My use case is the only one that exists! Screw server-focused distros/versions! They're a waste of time!"
- Likes 4
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by DoMiNeLa10 View PostI assume that software that will be in Debian 11 is already outdated.
Jokes aside, software in Debian testing is usually not more than ~10 days after upstream releases. It's only after release that it starts ageing, and even then it still gets timely security updates and bug fixes.
Want to run Debian with up to date packages? No problem, just run testing or unstable. They are basically like any other rolling distribution.
- Likes 9
Leave a comment:
-
Guest repliedI assume that software that will be in Debian 11 is already outdated.
- Likes 5
Leave a comment:
-
Debian 11 "Bullseye" Cycle Prepares To Begin Long Journey
Phoronix: Debian 11 "Bullseye" Cycle Prepares To Begin Long Journey
Now that Debian 10 "Buster" shipped, Debian developers are preparing already to kickoff the Debian 11 "Bullseye" development and begin with uploading new packages for this next major release of Debian GNU/Linux...
Tags: None
Leave a comment: