Has anybody tried out the new Mageia distro? I'm a Fedora guy, so I like
the rpm model and the easy upgrades/massive software that Fedora provides.
I migrated from Red Hat/Fedora (at about the time they split) to Mandrake
many years ago, and then stayed when it became Mandriva. I moved back to
Fedora when the Mandriva/Mageia split occurred because I didn't like the
policy decisions of Mandriva and Mageia 1 was a little too unstable.
I've heard good things about Mageia 2, but had a little trouble
configuring networking for my VPNs and VNCs when installed it on my
laptop. Since my VPN is a deal killer, I went back to Fedora, but will
try Mageia again in a few months...
billo
On Tue, 19 Jun 2012, Roy wrote:
"Debian has some of everything - but it has the snarkiest, most
bloodthirsty, ugliest forum dwellers in the Linux universe."
I have found the same, but also some very nice people. It is the
extremists and crusaders that give Debian a bad name, which is too
bad. While their distribution has codes of conduct, they do not seem
to obey any rules and there is no way of enforcing them in the wild.
It is tempting to see free software as a cause and to be an
evangelist, but there is a line that many have crossed over and there
is much animosity for distros (chiefly Ubuntu) that do not support its
goals and disrespect for users who fall short (which is easy to do).
They do more harm than good.
The trouble with Ubuntu goes back to when it first started and there
were paid positions available and some Debian higher ups did not get
them, so they started bad mouthing Canonical and it has spread to the
user base and has not stopped. This makes it look rather childish.
I am not a fan of stable or stale as I prefer to call it. I think that
it is ideal for a server, but for the desktop it is too much of a lag.
It is the equivalent of being at least two years behind on everything.
I also do not like the rolling release model much. Installation is a
major ordeal because you need to do a major update right away, so
installing becomes a duplication. It installs old packages and then it
need to upgrade everything. I like six month releases because it gives
me the latest and up to datest and it I have something to look forward
to.
I agree that LMDE is worth a look if you want Debian's model. I prefer
aptosid which is a bit edgier.
It is great to have both models because there are different kinds of
users. You just have to find what works best for you.
Roy
Using Kubuntu 12.04, 64-bit
Location: Canada
On 18 June 2012 21:30, Matthew Dey <[email protected]> wrote:
Debian has some of everything - but it has the snarkiest, most bloodthirsty,
ugliest forum dwellers in the Linux universe.
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