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ScionicSpectre

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Registered: 2011-06-25

Posts: 98

Re: Thoughts on Debian Linux?

Debian rocks- if Arch didn't exist, I'd definitely use it full time. The thing is that most mainstream Linux distributions look amazing to Windows users. But to new Linux users, if they have the willingness to get into the terminal and read some documentation, Arch is hard to beat in any respect. It is whatever distribution you'd like, essentially, and nothing else.

So Debian's great, but its package management and repositories leave something to be desired. The AUR is also kinda' unbeatable.

I, for one, am definitely more on the Debian side than that Slackware or Gentoo side when it comes to Linux. If Arch weren't so overwhelmingly convenient, I'd definitely be on one of those 'easy, automated, obfuscated' systems.

hitest

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From: B.C., Canada

Registered: 2009-12-27

Posts: 74

Re: Thoughts on Debian Linux?

I, for one, am definitely more on the Debian side than that Slackware or Gentoo side when it comes to Linux. If Arch weren't so overwhelmingly convenient, I'd definitely be on one of those 'easy, automated, obfuscated' systems.

I ran Debian for a long time, it is a nice, solid distro.  I recently took Debian 6.0 for another test drive and was impressed, but, I much prefer Arch to Debian.
I am a long-time Slackware user; I've run Slackware since 2004 (version 10.0).  Slackware is a rock-solid distro, it is elegant and logical.  Slackware obfuscated?  Heh-heh:)  Slackware and Arch are my distros of choice.

Last edited by hitest (2011-07-11 13:45:54)

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jorge.costa

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From: UK

Registered: 2010-02-18

Posts: 25

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Re: Thoughts on Debian Linux?

if it wasn't for debian and their multi architecture distribution I would have never been able to install debian on my thecus n2100 arm.
There are a few cpu's out there don't have a x86 tag