I've only been using Linux for a few years but when I started I tried quite a few distributions. I tried Caldera, Redhat, Slackware and finally Debian.
I came to rest on Debian because I liked what it represented and I liked the fact that these people were all volunteers. The install was also easy and after a bit of an awkward start the package system made perfect sense.
In defence of Debian I'd say that it is much more important to have a nice stable release rather than rushing something out the door when they know it isn't ready. Rushing is something that Microsoft would do.
I recently started to use apt-get and have updated my system to the bleeding edge unstable release. My system isn't going through any unexplainable crashes or bugs and it behaves just like a Linux system should. Rock Solid.
It has been posted before but I'll say it again. If you are concerned with the amount of time it is taking to make this Debian release stable then jump in there and lend a hand.
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I've only been using Linux for a few years but when I started I tried quite a few distributions. I tried Caldera, Redhat, Slackware and finally Debian.
I came to rest on Debian because I liked what it represented and I liked the fact that these people were all volunteers. The install was also easy and after a bit of an awkward start the package system made perfect sense.
In defence of Debian I'd say that it is much more important to have a nice stable release rather than rushing something out the door when they know it isn't ready. Rushing is something that Microsoft would do.
I recently started to use apt-get and have updated my system to the bleeding edge unstable release. My system isn't going through any unexplainable crashes or bugs and it behaves just like a Linux system should. Rock Solid.
It has been posted before but I'll say it again. If you are concerned with the amount of time it is taking to make this Debian release stable then jump in there and lend a hand.
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