[NTLUG:Discuss] Debian -- considering switching to Debian

[Moses McKnight]

I would recommend Debian Testing or Unstable.  I've run Unstable for
several years now and have very seldom had any problems.  Occasionaly
there will be some packages which will break something or not work right
intially but there is usually an upgrade very quickly.  If you go
strictly with the Stable release you will wind up 3 years behind the
times by the next release!  With Unstable programs are updated usually
within days or weeks of their release.  I installed Debian Stable
recently and the install process is *greatly* simplified now, and then
upgraded to Unstable mainly to get the newer version of gnome which
seems to be a bit faster and use less memory than the one that came with
Stable.

Evolution is included, and I like Synaptic for the apt frontend.

Just my .0002 cents...

Peter A. Koren wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 20:02 -0500, Peter A. Koren wrote:
> 
>>I am currently using the Scientific Linux Distribution which is
>>essentially a tweaked version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. I have been
>>installing applications from a small number of compatible repositories.
>>>From doing this, I think I now understand the answer to the question I
>>posted here about a couple of months ago about the best system to
>>resolve dependencies and I have discovered (later than most I'm afraid)
>>that a large well maintained repository is the key. The apt vs yum
>>argument is not as important as the quality of the repository and
>>maintaining that quality. There are some excellent repositories for
>>RPMS, but there problem is that they are not all mutually compatible --
>>fragmentation of repositories is a problem.
>>
>>After looking at the huge Debian package repository, I see that it has
>>the bulk of what I am looking for in applications -- and these are hit
>>and miss in being supported by the RPM repositories. I am contemplating
>>switching to Debian because of this.
>>
>>But I notice that Debian does not support the evolution mail program. I
>>do see some indication of getting it working with Debian, but it is
>>unclear to me which way to go. If there is a way to convert my saved
>>evolution mail to another mail program, I might consider switching mail
>>programs.
>>
>>Any suggestions?
>>
>>-- Pete
> 
> 
> Now that I am investigating the subject, I will also consider
> Ubuntu/Kubuntu. If I correctly interpret what Ubuntu is, then it seems
> to include the Debian repositories as compatible. I'll have to check
> this further.
> 
> -- Pete
> 
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