Comments on: Debian – The Universal Operating System http://pthree.org/2009/11/17/debian-the-universal-operating-system/ Linux. GNU. Freedom. Fri, 17 May 2013 20:46:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6-beta2-24176 By: lol http://pthree.org/2009/11/17/debian-the-universal-operating-system/#comment-110545 lol Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:07:16 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1191#comment-110545 farther

]]> By: Yes! http://pthree.org/2009/11/17/debian-the-universal-operating-system/#comment-110534 Yes! Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:53:15 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1191#comment-110534 but I still tell people to try Mint as their first *nix for a headache-free experience (i.e., no need to set up Flash, etc.)

]]> By: Yes! http://pthree.org/2009/11/17/debian-the-universal-operating-system/#comment-110533 Yes! Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:51:25 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1191#comment-110533 Yes! Debian’s the best!

]]> By: Aaron http://pthree.org/2009/11/17/debian-the-universal-operating-system/#comment-110530 Aaron Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:52:35 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1191#comment-110530 @jasd Not sure what you mean by “the artificial/wrong Distrowatch’s top 5″. The ranking system on Distrowatch is merely the number of page hits for the listing of each of those distros. It shouldn’t be taken as anything more. However, I think it’s highly arguable that Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE are definitely the top distros among enthusiasts. But really, who cares? Somehow, people are threatened by the fact that their distro isn’t in the Top 10 or something on Distrowatch, or elsewhere? Who honestly cares? Use what works for you. That’s all that matters.

]]> By: jasd http://pthree.org/2009/11/17/debian-the-universal-operating-system/#comment-110529 jasd Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:47:41 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1191#comment-110529 Gentoo, Debian and Arch are my favourite distributions since I dropped Slackware (since the abandon of GNOME + others issues). No one replace the others… they are complementary (source/binary-based, package mgnt…). Anyway good overview (it’s good to know for beginners/windoers that there’s other choices than the artificial/wrong Distrowatch’s top 5).

]]> By: Peter http://pthree.org/2009/11/17/debian-the-universal-operating-system/#comment-110526 Peter Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:50:14 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1191#comment-110526 The easiest way to install Debian when you’re coming from Windows is to use the unofficial installer from http://goodbye-microsoft.com/. It is an EXE file that downloads a minimal Debian installer image, sets up GRUB to choose to boot into either the installer or back into Windows, and then prompts you to reboot. The Debian net-installer downloads just the packages you choose to install (i.e. not all of the 5 DVD set).

]]> By: degentd http://pthree.org/2009/11/17/debian-the-universal-operating-system/#comment-110523 degentd Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:44:00 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1191#comment-110523 Debian rulez. Great article!

]]> By: Links 19/11/2009: Chromium OS, Lots of Fedora 12 Coverage | Boycott Novell http://pthree.org/2009/11/17/debian-the-universal-operating-system/#comment-110518 Links 19/11/2009: Chromium OS, Lots of Fedora 12 Coverage | Boycott Novell Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:26:23 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1191#comment-110518 [...] Debian – The Universal Operating System The other day, I blogged about the Debian Installer, and I stated that I find it to be one of the most flexible and possibly most powerful operating system installers. Well, continuing with a series of posts on Debian, I want to mention how flexible the operating system is by itself, from installing to running. The claim from the Debian project that it is “The Universal Operating System” is spot on, and I hope this post shows you really how universal it truly is. [...]

]]> By: Arora Debito http://pthree.org/2009/11/17/debian-the-universal-operating-system/#comment-110514 Arora Debito Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:17:16 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1191#comment-110514 I agree, Debian rocks.

]]> By: Debianero Rumbero http://pthree.org/2009/11/17/debian-the-universal-operating-system/#comment-110513 Debianero Rumbero Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:14:51 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1191#comment-110513 Nice article and full of truth.

Debian is not just an OS, is THE OS.

]]> By: Janoš Guljaš http://pthree.org/2009/11/17/debian-the-universal-operating-system/#comment-110512 Janoš Guljaš Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:35:54 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1191#comment-110512 Really nice article. You have very well described haw wide is Debian in most of its aspects, witch is Debian’s great advantage over all other OSs.

]]> By: Kumar Appaiah http://pthree.org/2009/11/17/debian-the-universal-operating-system/#comment-110510 Kumar Appaiah Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:47 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1191#comment-110510 Lovely write up, and many thanks for explaining the several positives of Debian GNU/{Linux,kFreeBSD,NetBSD/Hurd}.

]]> By: Ali Gündüz http://pthree.org/2009/11/17/debian-the-universal-operating-system/#comment-110505 Ali Gündüz Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:00:37 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1191#comment-110505 “The Debain project prides itself in being an operating system that ships Free Software as defined by the GNU project.”

Regardless of your or anyone’s view of software freedom, this seems to be scientifically wrong, since the GNU project site states even the Debian base installation contains nonfree software at http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/common-distros.html.

I’m loving this series otherwise. It’s nice and will be useful to have such concise introductory summaries about Debian GNU/Linux.

]]> By: Allen http://pthree.org/2009/11/17/debian-the-universal-operating-system/#comment-110504 Allen Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:06:18 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1191#comment-110504 Ok. So I don’t use Linux at work.

“Allen using Internet Explorer 7.0 Internet Explorer 7.0 on Windows XP Windows XP | November 18, 2009 at 10:09 am “

]]> By: poinck http://pthree.org/2009/11/17/debian-the-universal-operating-system/#comment-110503 poinck Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:09:50 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1191#comment-110503 Hey, I am using Debian 5.0 . Hopefully more people get to know that Debian is very universal. (o:

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