Is Debian ready for the desktop?

[Ueli Meier <uelim@swissinfo.org>]

Thanks for the answers.

>I use debian for all of the above, and I wouldn't switch to >anything
else. I 
>used to use Mandrake also. Yes, you can read dos >FAT,FAT32,NTFS,HPFS
and many 
> others.

What where your reasons to switch to debian?


>debian is brilliant for everything, but, unlike ubuntu or suse or
>mandriva, it is not tuned to be a desktop. this of course gives >youa
great deal of flexibility.

>Could you explain more?
>What does it mean Debian is not tuned for the desktop, more work to
>install? Or is there more to it?

What is more flexibility, can I install less pakages than with other
desktops and save harddisk space and memory?

Thanks
Ueli