Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 4th May 2007 14:25 UTC, submitted by anonymous
It's been like 3 hours without an Ubuntu article, so here we go. "With the release of Ubuntu 7.04, Feisty Fawn, I naturally couldn't resist taking Kubuntu, my preferred Ubuntu version, for a quick spin on my trusty old Thinkpad testbed. Here is a six-step process through which I speedily arrived at a highly usable, fully capable desktop Linux system."
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RE[4]: How about Debian
by mirshafie on Fri 4th May 2007 16:27
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"Debian is known for stability, but also for being really slow at updating packages. I'm running Etch (latest version of Debian), and as an example it provides Amarok 1.4.4 even though 1.4.5 has been out since February 4. So if you want up to date stuff, you will have to compile lots by yourself."
Not strictly correct. In fact you are passing on a well-known misapprehension (or indeed canard as this is K/Ubuntu so we are talking Tufty Club stylee). Etch is the latest version of Debian Stable. It gets updated about every 18-24 months. Versions that get updated frequently - continuously, in fact, on a rolling basis - are Debian Testing and Debian Unstable.
Testing is ideal for a desktop machine. So is Unstable is you're a bit more knowledgeable and prepared to put up with the occasional foobars. In my experience, neither is "really slow at updating packages". There're not really any slower or faster than anyone else. It is also not very likely that you'll be obliged to "compile lots by yourself" if you run Testing/Unstable or check out backports for Stable.
For the original poster: I run Debian Testing with a fully loaded KDE. It look quite a lot more elbow grease to get there than it would have done under K/Ubuntu. I have an older kernel and I don't have some of the nifty Ubuntu things like Upstart, Automatix and the hardware manager come system configurator.
OTOH, what I do have is so similar to K/Ubuntu that it would be crazy to change. Besides, I like knowing that I'm running Debian and I get complete freedom from the smuggier fanboi aspects of the Ubuntu bangwagon.