On Tue, 2011-02-15 at 23:55 -0600, Sam Leon wrote: > On 02/15/2011 09:36 PM, Noah Duffy wrote: > > Hello, all. I've been an Ubuntu user for quite awhile. Linux has > > been my only OS for over a year now (and I've been using it on and off > > longer than that). I've recently gotten the itch to switch to Debian. > > Ubuntu has worked quite well for me, but with everything that is > > going on with Unity and current development, eventually I have a > > feeling I'm going to become slightly annoyed with what they push out > > in new releases. > > > > Also, I've always respected the Debian project and what they are > > about. Just makes me feel all warm and tingly inside. Today I tried > > to take the plunge. I downloaded the stable version (Squeeze), and > > tried to give it a go. The install went smoothly, but I have noticed > > two things that I am going to have to solve. The first one is the > > sound on my machine. I get no sound until I run alsamixer and turn up > > the speaker. Once done with that, my laptop speakers function quite > > well. However, I also have a set up wireless speakers that can > > operate via a Bluetooth connection or via the provided dongle. I > > usually use the dongle as it's always plugged into my USB hub and just > > makes it a lot easier. I can not get this to work under Debian. If I > > select the device in alsamixer, the only setting available to me is > > PCM and even though it is the selected device, I still get sound out > > of my laptop speakers. > > > > Secondly, I'm going to have to figure out exactly how to install the > > nVidia drivers for my video card. I've seen that I can do it manually > > or with the non-free repository. I haven't tried the first method, > > but installing nvidia-glx just seemed to cause me problems (I think > > this may have been the wrong package). > > > > Anyway, any help would be much appreciated. Also, let me say that so > > far, everyone in the Debian community seems to be a little more > > friendly then the Ubuntu crowd. I've been in that community for > > awhile and many people can be snobs which don't really help to further > > anything! ...of course, I guess you can get that type anywhere you > > go. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Noah Duffy > > Skype - Noah0504 | Jabber/Google Talk - n.milo.du...@gmail.com > > > > > > > I think it just depends on what you are wanting to accomplish. I left MS > because their OS just tries too hard to do everything for me (and tries > too hard to take my money). I left ubuntu because their OS tries too > hard to do everything for me. I wrote this in 2007 because I got tired > of always typing up this same story: http://net153.net/ubuntu_vs_debian.php > So in summary I have been very happy using debian-testing for about 4 > years now. If you go that route, just be careful of any grub, xorg, or > mdadm updates :p > > Stable is looking pretty nice right now. I think for the first time ever > I don't feel like I need to run testing in order to get the latest bug > fixes, features, or compatibility updates. Everything is just really > great in the linux world right now, or at least on my hardware. > > Sam > >
Well, I got one problem solved. Got the nVidia drivers installed with no problem at all! :) My next experiment will have to be with PulseAudio. The sound isn't the biggest issue, but I would like to get it working properly. Sam, I went with Stable. I picked it mostly because I'm newer to Debian specifically. I also like the idea of not having to think about upgrading to a new release every 6 months. If I feel I need the latest and greatest of something, I'll just compile it myself. That's easy enough! Thanks again for being friendly and helpful! -- Noah Duffy Skype - Noah0504 | Jabber/Google Talk - n.milo.du...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1297843125.17088.8.camel@noah-laptop