Another rant

[Teresa e Junior]

Em 16/11/2017 13:54, Liam Proven escreveu:
> So I am exploring alternatives. So far, Xfce sucks the least. But if I
> use Xfce, then there's no reason to stay on Ubuntu.
> 
> So I've been experimenting. It runs well on OpenSUSE and while it's
> still not a small distro, with Xfce, it's relatively slim on modern
> hardware. E.g. it ran well on a Core 2 Duo with 4GB of RAM, a low-end
> machine these days.
> 
> I've now wiped it. That machine currently triple-boots IBM PC DOS 7,
> Haiku and Devuan. I am working on adding OS/2, AROS and Oberon A2.

I've used Debian for more than 7 years, and tried using openSUSE too for 
some time.

My experience with openSUSE was that it is a lot less stable than 
Debian/Ubuntu. They have a variety of nice tools not found in Debian 
land, but bugs were much more constant, to the point of being very 
frustrating.

Debian, on the other hand, is stable, but lacks many things that Ubuntu 
adds, like PPAs, fully working meta-packages, etc. Besides, many times I 
found myself with software containing packages for Ubuntu but not for 
Debian. I had to compile a lot of stuff by myself. Also, I don't find 
Ubuntu to be less stable than Debian.

Xubuntu is generally very stable and comes with good defaults. In my 
opinion, it is the best Xfce distro today. Installing Xfce on Debian 
always required a lot more configuration and maintenance from my part. 
It may use a few MB less of RAM, but at the end of the day, a single 
browser tab will use a lot more than that!