On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:00:26 +0530 Linux Tyro <ubuntu....@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Joe <j...@jretrading.com> wrote: > > > Okay, what I meant is that Debain is for Testing for the self > stability only (not commercialized like Fedora for RHEL...). Of > course, it should be the testbed for Testing before integrating into > the stable version, but that it does (...I am sure) for only the free > use of operating system, worldwide, of course. Unstable is good only > for tech-wizards, but for me, who are new in Linux and who really get > less time to work on it, I guess, instability matters a lot, since as > you (also) say that new users don't expect surprises out of the box > but only a rock solid system with no viruses attacking the machine > and for that Debain definitely provides the solution, as all (and > you) say. > > > > Ubuntu does, however, install easily on new hardware, and sometimes > > Debian Stable has problems there. > > > I didn't know this and that's why asked. Thanks for this information. > However, my hardware is not that old but is not shining too. I guess > (not sure) Debian could work....Ubuntu LTS works (live CD). > > > > Knoppix is generally felt to be best > > of all in this respect, but Knoppix really is just a live-CD > > distribution, and is not suitable for installation as it cannot be > > upgraded. > > > If it cannot be upgraded, it would be stable version with no possible > changes (for what I know, may be I am wrong). Yes, but it doesn't get security fixes either. That doesn't matter much for an OS that is only fired up for an hour or so from read-only media, but it would be dangerous as a fixed installation on a hard drive. > > > > It is extremely useful for finding out what software is > > necessary for difficult hardware, and Debian users usually keep it > > available for this reason. Both Knoppix and Ubuntu are real Debian > > underneath, using the same software installation system, and mostly > > the same system file locations, but they draw heavily on Sid rather > > than the more stable variants, so they can be a bit unreliable. > > > But for what I heard, Debian is a rock solid distribution (like > openSUSE), so it must be very good, excellent. If some hardware > issues come with Debian (as you say), are these with only the old PCs > or with newer ones also? However, I have a PC which is neither old > nor new. > That's the best place to be. Too old and it can't use enough RAM to be useful, too new and the hardware hasn't yet been reverse-engineered to write drivers, as few manufacturers bother producing good drivers for Linux. That's not specific to Debian, it's a Windows/Linux thing, many manufacturers are only interested in the Windows segment of the computer market. If an open-source driver is available for Fedora, it can be compiled for Debian even if nobody has yet packaged it for Debian. Compiling isn't hard in Linux, almost the first thing I did when I first played with Linux (Red Hat 5.something, I think) was to compile a new kernel. Sometimes it's necessary to look outside Debian Free Software for drivers and again Knoppix is useful, as it does not stick rigidly to the Debian philosophy. Having found out what drivers work, we can then decide whether to risk using them or wait for open-source versions. -- Joe -- 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/20111027140630.2030f...@jretrading.com