On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 11:45:50AM -0500, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > Now that is a good point. I am not sure that is it valid. Here is why: 500 > desktop user vs one sys admin who uses 500 servers with debian. If the 500 > users go away, then you have one guy who is using debian, and when he gets > fired, layed off, or quites, the boxes get migrated off of debian becuse > nobody knows how to admin them. I am not sure it is not a valid point > however. > > I am also unsure what the % of debian servers are vs other linux. But ok. so > the driving force for debian is servers. Then why am I and anybody else who > is interested in desktop use here? You just supported the seperation of a > desktop from the server branch. > > But from my prospective, I don't realy care about that one way or another. I > just want a usable desktop that supports my amd64 or 32bit x86 platform that > just works. And in that perspective, debian is being hurt by the long > release dates and I don't know the solution to it. > > Newer is not always better, but incremental improvment is worth using if it > makes your life easier. Just my 2C worth and I reserver the right to be > wrong.
Well debian-pure64 sarge installed flawlessly on my adm64, and the kde3.4 packages installed perfectly too. Seemed perfectly good for a desktop for me. Perhaps ubuntu is easier on a laptop, but for just a desktop, there was nothing that didn't work with debian for me. It may not be official but it sure works. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
