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Re: [PLUG] Mother board/ Linux OS suggestions
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On Wed, 23 May 2007, Matthew Rosewarne wrote:
> While there is a server version of Ubuntu, there's very little reason to use
> it over Debian. Ubuntu's server version is merely Ubuntu without its
> customised GUI, which is really it's only attraction. The Debian install
> process is at least as good as that of Ubuntu, and the administrative tools
> are the same. I switched from Suse to Debian not long after I noticed a
> steady decline in the quality of the Suse distribution, and I would say I'm
> quite pleased with the results. I was looking forward to Ubuntu when it was
> announced, but every version I have tried has suffered from serious quality &
> reliability problems, just what I was trying to escape.
>
> Suse's file structure is somewhat odd, I always thought it put way too much
> in /opt, but I suppose it worked well enough. Debian obsessively follows the
> FHS, which at least makes the locations of things quite predictable. As for
> stability and breadth of available software, Debian is unmatched. However,
> the default installation results in a _very_ minimal system, far smaller than
> Suse's most spartan install option. Great care also devotes a great deal of
> attention to the maintenance of the distribution, including the requirement
> for all of its packages to be updated cleanly and without breaking. I found
> Suse quite frustrating when it came to upgrading, and would always expect to
> perform a clean install for each new version, but Debian I've only ever
> installed once.
>
> If you want some more info or help, check out the #plug channel, since a good
> number of PLUG members seem to be Debian users. In any case, I hope all goes
> well with your upgrade.
>
> P.S. I'm also clinging to my old machine, coming up on a decade now...
>
Thanks Mat. I was looking at Debian downloads. Is
debian-40r0-i386-DVD-1.iso.torrent
debian-40r0-i386-DVD-2.iso.torrent
debian-40r0-i386-DVD-3.iso.torrent
the whole latest stable package?
Doug
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