Plenty of love for Debian
After a week obsessing over whether or not I could get suspend to work properly on the $0 Laptop (Gateway Solo 1450), I'm realizing that suspend isn't everything.
I also had the occasion to use Debian Etch on the $15 Laptop (a 4- or 5-years-older Compaq Armada 7770DMT) and the ex-Thin Puppy (5- or 6-year-old Maxspeed Maxterm VIA-based thin client), and I'm being reminded that there's plenty to love about Debian Etch.
After all, running the same OS on 233 MHz and 1.3 GHz systems -- and looking great on both -- does count for something, as does Debian's stability and long release and support cycle.
Downloaded today: "credit-card" image for Debian Etch, XFCE image for Debian Etch (not sure exactly what this is/does) Vector Linux live CDs for the Standard and SOHO builds.
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Same here with the love for Debian.
Just came back from the first day of the annual Systems Fair in Munich, where I helped with the booth and stuff. I was asked why I do this by third party people, not even being a Debian developer. My answer was:
"I took so much for free for so long, and I want to give something back."
So even users can show their love, and if it's only in filling out a good bug report.
cheers,
wjl
I get the feeling that Linux in general -- and Debian in specific -- are much bigger in Europe than in the U.S.
And since Ubuntu and many others are built from Debian, many more owe the project a debt.
For flexibility and trouble-free installation and maintenance, I've never used anything better.
Especially when it comes to the Stable distribution, it can't compete with the "sexy" of distros that have releases every six months (or two or three months for some), but stability is what is needed in many instances. (And there is always the Testing and Unstable branches for those who want to be closer to the edge.)
Even if you have little or no Linux experience, I recommend giving Debian a try. It's no harder to install than anything else, despite whatever you may have heard.