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On 3/27/07, Simon Robert <simon.robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Richard Brown wrote: > > Hi Robin > > > > On 27/03/07, Robin Menneer <robinmenneer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> I've just read this file (above) and am confused again, clearly debian > >> is so wonderful that I have been misled in getting ubuntu. Help ! > >> > >> > > It's wonderful until you see the hoops you might have to jump through > > to get your system going. Stick with Ubuntu, learn how to use it. Get > > the konsole out. Learn shortcuts.... Get a second-hand box and use it > > to test install various flavours. Find out the difference between > > package managers. But most of all enjoy what you are about to learn. > > It really is quite fun! > > > I know many people will strongly, to put it mildly, disagree with me, > but... If you want linux as a desktop with graphical user interface and > support for lots of different bits of hardware and all the other stuff > that wimps like to have then you are much much better off with ubuntu. > Sure Debian is very stable, use it as a mail server and it'll never fall > over, use an older piece of kit for your server and Debian will have > saved you money spent on buying new kit. But the only possible reason > for using it as a desktop is ideological (not neccessarily a bad thing). Hi, If you use debian unstable and also allow access to the contrib and non-free repositories then there is not much you don't miss out on. Myself i would not use debian stable for a desktop, as mentioned its great for a server. But yes its probably harder to set up then ubuntu, but once all set up "unstable" is pretty good as a desktop. > > It is not the easiest distro to install and has little going for it > looks wise. Nothing wrong with the look 'n' feel, but nothing great > either. And while not rubbish at detecting hardware it is not as good as > some others - ubuntu among them. Stick with ubuntu if you find it works > for you. If there is a debian live disk you might check it out, but I > don't think there is. Debian is not the most user friendly distro out > there. As for the billions of applications you could install, unless you > have some really specialist requirement which is particularly tricky to > install and of which Debian is the only distro with a pre-built package, > they make no odds really. In some (many) cases you can just use a debian package in ubuntu, proceed with caution, but it can be done. -- Robin Cornelius http://www.byteme.org.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html