__/ [ Linonut ] on Saturday 14 April 2007 15:28 \__
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
> wisdom:
>
>> Debian redefines itself with new release
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Rumors of Debian's decline or irrelevance have been circulating
>> | for some time. Debian 4.0 may not always succeed in following
>> | its guiding principles, but, overall, the redefinition that it
>> | provides is a successful refutation of these rumors.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/04/13/1231226
>
> I prefer Debian to Ubuntu, myself. For one thing, Ubuntu shows only an
> "idiot bar" when starting up, just like Windoze does. For another
> thing, Ubuntu leaves off a lot of tools necessary to build projects from
> source. Easy to overcome, of course, but a bit jolting to me.
> Debian is definitely my favorite at this point (although using Slackware
> is very instructive about the tendency of distros to add wrappers to the
> functionality, something that Slackware does not do.)
>
> Ubuntu is definitely a good way for a Windows user to start with Linux,
> though.
Not Xandros or Linspire?
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