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The Debian System Explained

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the solid-oak-log-for-the-distro-debate-fire dept.

An anonymous reader writes "XYZComputing has a great interview with Martin F. Krafft, the author of "The Debian System". From the article: 'Despite Debian GNU/Linux's important role in today's computing environment, it is largely misunderstood and oftentimes even discounted as being an operating system which is exclusively for professionals and elite users. In this book Krafft, explains his concept of Debian, which includes not only the operating system but also its underpinnings. Debian is not only a robust and scalable Linux distribution, but it has many other features which are worth looking into, like its open development cycle and rigorous quality control.'"

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  1. yeah, but you can't really search for packages by rsilvergun · · Score: 1, Troll

    I really miss swaret --search when I'm in ubuntu on my friends pc. It's a major pain having to know the exact name of a package.

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  2. Quality control... by ee96090 · · Score: 1, Troll

    It's much easier task to have good quality control if you only include old versions of all software. This is like cheating to me...

    Now try Ubuntu: good quality control while at the same time keeping up-to-date software in the distribution. Now _that_ is something to brag about!

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