I use debian because I used to use Kubuntu. I started with Mandrake, watched it become Mandriva, tried 'buntu with 7.04.
I loved it. It worked great, the community was great. I was an LTS guy, don't like the six month upgrade cycle. I have other things to do with my system rather than install software and upgrade it. My computer is a tool, not my life. Than the quality of the releases kept getting worse - even the LTS releases. It was as if the Cannonical QA Department was partying all the time. Also there was the whole Kmail-Akanodi-Nepomuk fiasco going on with the Kmail developers (NOT 'buntu's fault). If I went beyond 10.04 on Kubuntu I would have to migrate over 10 years of email from kmail to something else. Don't want to do that. So I got acquainted with Squeeze and later Wheezy. I am happy. I can do my work and other things. I don't get a kernel update every two weeks. Hibernate works on my laptop (another 'buntu hit or miss). I have 46 days of uptime on the laptop I lug everywhere. I will stay with Debian because once I get it set up the way I want it, it stays out of my way. Mike On Saturday, November 09, 2013 09:00:36 legacy daily wrote: > I use Debian because it has stayed true to its principles and because its > > > > - ld > > http://legacydaily.com > > > On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Alberto Salvia Novella < > > es204904...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Note: Since I'm not subscribed to this mailing list at the moment, please > > send also a copy to my email when replying. > > ---------- > > > > Normally I write very short, like a Haiku <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ > > Haiku>; but I think this letter shall be the exception. So excuse me 😳 > > > > > > *************** > > > > THE HISTORY > > > > *************** > > > > My name is Alberto Salvia Novella <https://launchpad.net/%7Ees20490446e>. > > Till 2008 I investigated how to create a Windows based reliable desktop > > computer system, till I did it and I realized nearly no one else will be > > able to do it without expending great amounts of time and money. > > > > One night I dreamed I had a very old looking but robust operating system > > installed on my computer, and eventually realized that what I should do > > is to look for something that was like what I saw. Although at the time > > I didn't know a thing about any other operating systems different to > > Windows or even libre software, I downloaded and tried in deep about > > fifty different operating systems from the time intensively for three > > years. > > > > Without reading a line of other people opinion, it seemed to me at the > > time Ubuntu was by far the best option in overall. But latter it went > > very buggy, and I began to pose myself why was that. What seemed more > > probable to me is Canonical chose to make radical decisions and, rowing > > against tide, selected to do something very different from what other > > distributions had done to the moment; in order to discover how they > > could make libre software to grow in popularity. > > > > Being between jumping to other distribution (Debian or Mageia) and giving > > this mind scope of Canonical a try, I decided five months ago the best > > action I could do was to get more involved with the project and empower > > it from its roots; and see what will happen and what the real problems > > are. > > > > After five months; the latest project coordinator of the "One Hundred > > Papercuts <https://launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts>" project, from > > Canonical, has asked me to take on the project. So; with the help of the > > team; I have redesigned branding and project goals, and have make a > > serious commitment to make it shine <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/One% > > 20Hundred%20Papercuts/One%20Hundred%20Papercuts%20will% > > 20make%20Ubuntu%20shine>. > > > > > > ************ > > > > THE POINT > > > > ************ > > > > The point is yet very simple: I suspect Debian has a mindset that makes > > it stand out, I can imagine what kind of values these are, and I want > > them to become widespread. And now I feel I have the opportunity to show > > and convince the Ubuntu community to adapt them, and probable with it > > many people around the world. > > > > So I wanted to ask you the following question so it can't be said it's > > only my imagination. Summarizing: > > > > Which are the very important reasons why do you prefer Debian over > > Ubuntu? > > > > > > ---------- > > Thank you for your help. > > > > > > -- > > 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/527d2618.30...@gmail.com -- Mike McGinn KD2CNU Ex Uno Plurima No electrons were harmed in sending this message, some were inconvenienced. ** Registered Linux User 377849 -- 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/201311090930.54441.mikemcg...@mcginnweb.net