Debian-based distros ??
I've recently built a new box for myself and would like to put Linux back
on it. I started with RH back between their 5.0 and 5.1 release, switched
to Mandrake for a while, and have been running Debian (unstable) for a
couple years or more. I'm tempted to take the easy way out and just add the
old hard drive to my new machine and run things this way, but there's a few
good reasons not to. 1) Old cruft I don't want to deal with. 2) New, fresh
installs from scrath are always better. 3) The old hard drive is
partitioned up between EXT3, Fat32, and Fat16 partitions. It is a 20gb
drive total, with approx 10gb as EXT3 (and likely not even half-filled at
that). So for me, wiping it clean and running all 20gb for Debian may be
wasted space, but still the easiest to do.
As mentioned, I ran Debian unstable for years with no problems. Why
unstable ?? I often want newer versions of packages than stable provides...
Why do 80% of unstable users use it ?? Probably the same.
So, would people suggest sticking with "pure" Debian or possibly going with
a Debian-based distro ?? If an off-shoot, which one ?? I'm looking at
Knoppix's site right now...
Thanks and regards
Hall
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