I agree, but am taking issue with a specific statement that the person never met anyone that Debian did not work for. I said that it did not work for me. Then I got attitude back in typical Debian fashion, that I deserve what I got. I think that Debian is for certain type of user and it is not for everyone, but then again no distro is which is one reason why we have so many (which I love, BTW). Choice is great!
I don't have a problem with Debian as a distro or with the stripping proprietary blobs from the kernel. I do have a problem with the attitude that there is only one way, their way or the highway, and anyone who disagrees is either unenlightened or an enemy. Debian wants users, but they do not work to get them. There is this sense of entitlement that comes out. The distro is great for the same people it has always appealed to, but the attitude sucks and they will never get new users with it or without delivering the goods. They wanted new users according to the Debian folks and they worked hard to get them by improving the installer and making Debian 6 better, but then they shot themselves in the foot by removing the proprietary blobs. That sort of thing only appeals to a narrow sector of the Linux community with an ideological bent, but not to ordinary users who just want things to work. Some things are just incongruous and these two ideas are illustrative of that. They do not work together. When you remove functionality then you lose users. I hope that Debian does well, but it isn't a distro that I would recommend based on my own experience of over 10 years of installing distros for the sheer fun of it. Roy Using Kubuntu 11.04, 64-bit Location: Canada On 19 April 2011 14:23, Ken Muller <[email protected]> wrote: > Not to be a dead horse, but arguing about which Linux distro is the best > ends up with people simply going in circles. > I've never installed a Linux distro that didn't do at least one thing well, > and thats exactly what makes Linux what is...choice! > There are those of us that love Debian and will always attempt to defend it, > but if you've had problems with it then it's not the distro for you. > Distrowatch.org is a great place to find a ton of information about most > distros out there. You can even search based on what you are looking for, > beginner, KDE, server, GNOME, secure, etc. > Remember...some of us have had lots of trouble with Windows...not one beats > us to death trying to convince us how great it is tho. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
