Linked by Michael Katsevman on Thu 6th Nov 2003 19:33 UTC
Debian is widely considered the Linux distribution with the best package management tool, APT and one of the largest software bases (>13,000). However, the installation horror stories kept me away. Nevertheless, eager to try it out, I failed to install various other Debian GNU/Linux based distributions. Some failed to boot even after I tried to reinstall for the fourth time, and others just couldn't detect my hardware. While Knoppix is highly recommended, I decided to stick with hard-drive based distros (Although it is the distribution of choice for LiveCDs). Then came Libranet.
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Considering that it failed to recognize his sound card without manual intervention, some programs were broken "straight out of the box" (based on his statement that Bubbles failed to run w/o apt-upgrading), and it came with older versions programs (KDE and the kernel were mentioned in specific) I think this score is a bit high.
Also, it's not much of a review of Libranet 2.7 if you're doing an apt-get dist-upgrade after installation.
If anyone is looking for an easy way to install Debian, I'd still recommend Knoppix. It comes with an GUI installation program and its hardware autodetection is top notch. Plus it's reasonably up-to-date as far as packages go.
Just my $0.02.