Le 17/01/2016 00:31, Stephan Foley a écrit : > On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 6:20 AM, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe > <mengualjean...@free.fr> wrote: > >> The main difference between Debian and Ubuntu is that the installer is >> less friendly-user, and the firmware are not loaded by default. But I >> think Debian is really the Universal Operating System. And it's the >> characterization I prefer: saying this, it shows how Debian is for >> anybody. But if one is not a technician, it could need help, of course. >> But 1st, it matches to the collaborative state of spirit in free >> software. 2nd, if paid, it enables to finance free software dev. 3rd, >> never forget that any OS, included proprietary ones, would be difficult >> to install if not provided in computers. Installing an OS and having all >> benefits is not easy for a non-technician, also with Ubuntu. > > I do respect all the qualities you mentioned about Debian's commitment > to only free software, although it does make installing more > difficult.
Right. However, the driver issue exists also on other OS, even modern (including Windows XP and newer). So this problem, while existing, is not Debian-specific. That's why I think Debian needs to be considered as a classical OS, easy to use once installed, some9hat hard to install like any OS, and more stable in the time and with few risk updates. Regards,