Re: Why Debian

[Mike McGinn <mikemcginn@mcginnweb.net>]

I use debian because I used to use Kubuntu. I started with Mandrake, watched 
it become Mandriva, tried 'buntu with 7.04.

I loved it. It worked great, the community was great. I was an LTS guy, don't 
like the six month upgrade cycle. I have other things to do with my system 
rather than install software and upgrade it. My computer is a tool, not my 
life.

Than the quality of the releases kept getting worse - even the LTS releases. 
It was as if the Cannonical QA Department was partying all the time. Also 
there was the whole Kmail-Akanodi-Nepomuk fiasco going on with the Kmail 
developers (NOT 'buntu's fault). If I went beyond 10.04 on Kubuntu I would 
have to migrate over 10 years of email from kmail to something else. 

Don't want to do that.

So I got acquainted with Squeeze and later Wheezy. I am happy. I can do my 
work and other things. I don't get a kernel update every two weeks. Hibernate 
works on my laptop (another 'buntu hit or miss). I have 46 days of uptime on 
the laptop I lug everywhere. 

I will stay with Debian because once I get it set up the way I want it, it 
stays out of my way.

Mike

On Saturday, November 09, 2013 09:00:36 legacy daily wrote:
> I use Debian because it has stayed true to its principles and because its
> 
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> - ld
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> http://legacydaily.com
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> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Alberto Salvia Novella <
> 
> es20490446e@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Note: Since I'm not subscribed to this mailing list at the moment, please
> > send also a copy to my email when replying.
> > ----------
> > 
> > Normally I write very short, like a Haiku <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
> > Haiku>; but I think this letter shall be the exception. So excuse me 😳
> > 
> > 
> > ***************
> > 
> >  THE HISTORY
> > 
> > ***************
> > 
> > My name is Alberto Salvia Novella <https://launchpad.net/%7Ees20490446e>.
> > Till 2008 I investigated how to create a Windows based reliable desktop
> > computer system, till I did it and I realized nearly no one else will be
> > able to do it without expending great amounts of time and money.
> > 
> > One night I dreamed I had a very old looking but robust operating system
> > installed on my computer, and eventually realized that what I should do
> > is to look for something that was like what I saw. Although at the time
> > I didn't know a thing about any other operating systems different to
> > Windows or even libre software, I downloaded and tried in deep about
> > fifty different operating systems from the time intensively for three
> > years.
> > 
> > Without reading a line of other people opinion, it seemed to me at the
> > time Ubuntu was by far the best option in overall. But latter it went
> > very buggy, and I began to pose myself why was that. What seemed more
> > probable to me is Canonical chose to make radical decisions and, rowing
> > against tide, selected to do something very different from what other
> > distributions had done to the moment; in order to discover how they
> > could make libre software to grow in popularity.
> > 
> > Being between jumping to other distribution (Debian or Mageia) and giving
> > this mind scope of Canonical a try, I decided five months ago the best
> > action I could do was to get more involved with the project and empower
> > it from its roots; and see what will happen and what the real problems
> > are.
> > 
> > After five months; the latest project coordinator of the "One Hundred
> > Papercuts <https://launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts>" project, from
> > Canonical, has asked me to take on the project. So; with the help of the
> > team; I have redesigned branding and project goals, and have make a
> > serious commitment to make it shine <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/One%
> > 20Hundred%20Papercuts/One%20Hundred%20Papercuts%20will%
> > 20make%20Ubuntu%20shine>.
> > 
> > 
> > ************
> > 
> >  THE POINT
> > 
> > ************
> > 
> > The point is yet very simple: I suspect Debian has a mindset that makes
> > it stand out, I can imagine what kind of values these are, and I want
> > them to become widespread. And now I feel I have the opportunity to show
> > and convince the Ubuntu community to adapt them, and probable with it
> > many people around the world.
> > 
> > So I wanted to ask you the following question so it can't be said it's
> > only my imagination. Summarizing:
> > 
> > Which are the very important reasons why do you prefer Debian over
> > Ubuntu?
> > 
> > 
> > ----------
> > Thank you for your help.
> > 
> > 
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