Goodbye Linux/Ubuntu

[Dominik Psenner]

Debian is STABLE because it uses only well known and long tested software
packages. There are also the unstable and testing repositories. Anyway, it
still is rather behind the current development. I would not recommend using
it for desktop -, but rather for server environments that require a high
availability. It does for example include an older kernel (2.6.26 I believe)
which lacks of lot of wireless and graphic hardware support etc.

Well, anyway. It strongly depends on what you want from a computer.

If it is just a web, tomcat, torrent, ftp, sftp, dns, .. server you'll want
something working ==> debian stable

If it is your newest netbook with the latest wireless hardware that requires
a newer kernel and proprietary nvidia drivers, ubuntu >= 9 it shall be.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-
> bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Wade Smart
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 2:47 PM
> To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
> Subject: Re: Goodbye Linux/Ubuntu
> 
> Pat Brown wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:28 AM, <accessys at smart.net
> > <mailto:accessys at smart.net>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     if 9.10 worked why not just leave it in the computer', I don't
> >     update that often. I got the hint that 10.04 is buggy so have not
> >     bothered...
> >
> >     Bob
> >
> >
> >
> >     On Wed, 26 May 2010, ABSDoug wrote:
> >
> >         Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 22:46:36 -0700 (PDT)
> >         From: ABSDoug <absdoug at yahoo.com <mailto:absdoug at yahoo.com>>
> >         Reply-To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general
> >         discussions"
> >            <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> >         <mailto:ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>>
> >         To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> >         <mailto:ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >         Subject: Goodbye Linux/Ubuntu
> >
> >         It's been an over 1-year "love affair". I've told all my friends
> >         about it (none tried it). But now I've reached a point... what
> >         am I doing? I've spend endless hours trying to get torrents to
> >         work on Ubuntu Netbook 10.04. Torrents work fine with XP, stock
> >         settings on uTorrent, so let's not start in with the rounter, or
> >         that I need to turn down the # of connections, that's all been
> >         done. Version 9,10 worked. At this point, why would I fool with
> >         this anymore? None of the dozen computers I maintain for friends
> >         run Linux. In fact I don't know anyone personally who does. The
> >         only person (non professional) that is better at computers than
> >         me in using Windows 7. The concept seems REALLY cool, but Linux
> >         JUST DOESN'T WORK. Skype has always been a disaster. People
> >         complain MS is glitchy... a reboot usually fixes that. People
> >         complain of viruses... stop runing with Admn rights & MOST of
> >         your problems are solved. So what AM I trying to accomplish with
> >         Linux? It's
> >         faster, yes especially since I've got a netbook... but I use
> >         torrents a LOT. This should JUST WORK & if it doesn't... I'm
> gone.
> >
> >
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> > I haven't upgraded from 8.04 LTS and I'm perfectly happy. I don't see
> > any reason to jump to a new version just because it's there.
> >
> >
> > Pat Brown
> >
> > http://www.pabrown.ca
> > Award winning author of the L.A. crime novels.
> >
> 
> A few have said to go Debain.
> Just curious - if this person did that - even though Ubuntu is built
> from that, would it be as easy to use and install? Besides stability -
> what is the real differentiator between the two?
> 
> Wade
> 
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