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Dedo Does Debian - Review
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| Debian is one of the more important Linux
| distributions. Without Debian, we would
| probably not have Ubuntu or APT and Linux
| desktop would still be a dream. And it
| just happens that I never gave it a proper
| review, until now.
|
| Time to do that. Naturally, I will not be
| reviewing Debian as any old distro. It has
| its special place alongside RedHat
| (CentOS). In other words, it's not a toy,
| it's a serious, somber tool for power
| users who cherish uttermost stability as
| the main feature in their operating
| system, with usability taking the humble
| second place. Plus, there's the free
| software idea, which might also complicate
| things a little. Don't expect Debian to
| run after you like a favorite canine. It's
| the other way around.
|
| [...]
|
| Debian is a very decent choice. It's a
| little conservative, but it works well and
| compensates the would-be bad stuff with a
| sense of old, acquired quality. If not for
| the network issues on my laptop, it would
| really have been great.
|
| Enabling non-free repositories really
| opens up the palette of choices, adding
| color and spice to the Debian experience
| and turning a spartan Server-oriented
| distribution into a fairly adequate
| desktop system. The kernel oops is
| somewhat surprising, but it was a one-time
| error that did not come back since.
|
| I like Debian. It's not for everyone,
| especially not new users, who will benefit
| more from the mainstream releases like
| Ubuntu or Mandriva. For power users,
| Debian makes quite a bit of sense. It's
| robust, fast, fairly stable, you don't get
| any surprises in between releases, and you
| can focus on productivity. If you want the
| little perks, there are there, too,
| including instant messaging, VoIP, web
| camera, multimedia support, and other
| stuff you would normally get from any
| desktop-oriented system. In a way, it's
| the best of both worlds.
|
| That would be all for today. Dedo did
| Debian. Now, it's your turn to start using
| Debian or send me emails, either praising
| me or berating my findings.
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http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/debian.html
Recent:
Why GNU/Linux for academics and why Debian in particular?
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| While this is not exhaustive these are some of
| the reasons why I choose GNU/Linux and Debian.
| So why not Ubuntu you ask? Well in my opinion,
| itâs buggier, because they release too often
| and I donât really trust Canonical and Mark
| Shuttleworth. I see Mark as a little bit of a
| leech on Debian and while I think Ubuntu has
| contributed to Debian and upstream projects,
| it still seems meager compared to how much
| theyâve benefited. Debianâs slow release cycle
| also means you donât have to update as often
| and you get a release that is more stable. All
| Ubuntu does is add some frosting on the cake
| and that frosting looks more and more like Mac
| OS X.
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http://cddesjardins.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/why-gnulinux-for-academics-and-why-debian-in-particular/
Debian Project at CeBIT 2010
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| The Debian Project is happy to announce that
| it will again be represented at the CeBIT IT
| fair in Hanover, Germany, this year. At the
| booth of Univention GmbH in hall 2 stand B36,
| members of the project will be available for
| questions and discussions and will give a
| preview of the new version Debian 6.0
| "Squeeze", which is expected to be released
| this year.
|
| In addition the new port to the FreeBSD Kernel
| "Debian GNU/kFreeBSD" will be presented at the
| booth as well as in a introductory lecture.
| The lecture will take place on Tuesday, March
| 2nd 2010 at 5:15 pm at the CeBIT Open Source
| Forum (hall 2, stand F38).
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http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100222
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