On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 16:52 +0200, Emil Perhinschi wrote: > On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 08:08:36 -0600 > Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote: > > > > I don't like Debian very much :). I started to understand Linux > > > when I used Slackware back in 1999, and I still daydream of > > > installing it back > > [snip] > > > I guess I won't switch to other distribution any time soon ... now I > > > > If you dislike it so much, why do you then go on to list it's > > virtues, and say you won't switch > > I don't "dislike it so much" :) I wanted to stress the point that I > did not choose it on a sentimental base, but for the most pragmatic of > reasons: I waste less time setting it up, configuring, installing new > software, upgrading etc. and can just start doing my work, which most of > the time has little to do with system engineering. I agree completely. If you really want to tinker with your system and give yourself work to do, Debian isn't the BEST choice. (It's not a BAD choice for that, it's just not the best.) BUT, if you just want to give yourself a working system that won't put you into dependency hell every time you try to do an upgrade, Debian is definitely the way to go. And later, if you want to go back and do some tinkering, you can. Though I have to admit that I do also like Debian from a sentimental base. It was my first ever Linux install since it was the distro being recommended by the FSF at the time. And to date, it's still the best thought out distro that I've used. I think that Debian's biggest strength has nothing to do with apt, or dpkg, or even that it's free software. Debian's biggest strength and the reason that it done so well over the years, is the Debian Social Contract and the Debian Free Software Guidelines. Those two documents give Debian the foundation that makes it such a rock-distro day after day. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
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