Comments on: Debian 6: First Impressions

By: Ursu Dumitru

Ursu Dumitru — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:16:33 +0000

Let me not agree with you. I use Arch, which is ( in my opinion ) the most bleeding edge disto. And when I run into problems, like X crashing from freaking ati drivers, I come back to Debian, and just compile blender and mypaint, or whatever i think is outdated. Debian should stay Debian!

By: shelley

shelley — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:48:41 +0000

I like Linux Mint 11 better than Debian…because it is user friendly and Mint Menu is excellent….Debian mostly contains outdated software…Take Firefox as an example…Linux Mint 11 Gnome 64 bit has Version 7.1 of Firefox..the latest version with HTML 5 features…

Looks do count and creates a first impression about the operating system….”Apparel oft proclaims the man”…..Better graphics and latest software will help debian in long run…

Till then I am with Linux Mint Gnome……:)

By: jamvaru

jamvaru — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:21:08 +0000

i feel so sorry for people who can’t change their wallpaper from ‘bliss’ (thats the name for it, right?) like those who work in libraries or other ‘orgs’… how sad that their bosses have no freakin clue about the wellbeing of users psyches… not being able to change wallpaper is bad enough, like being in grade school, but to have to look at ‘bliss’ forever ???????????
the little grade-school debian picture is hella great in comparison

By: jamvaru

jamvaru — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:17:26 +0000

I will use it because it is debian, and Ubuntu sucks (unless of course something else is better ?) you need to suggest other similar options, like mepis or mint, and why… would only take a few lines, at least do a cut and paste of top 5 debian based distributions

By: jamvaru

jamvaru — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:14:09 +0000

strange to see so much love for google… or perhaps fanfaditis? google is not free in any sense except free-tyranny, you are free to worship at their feet, suckas (worse than apple?, notice microsoft is waaaay down the list now)

By: chrismalan

chrismalan — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:54:12 +0000

Graphics is subjective – one person may like it, another not. I am happy with it. This is a computer operating system, look at the function, not the appearance. Al this ranting about the graphics is something I would have expected from Windows users.

By: arenalgarden

arenalgarden — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:55:22 +0000

Odds are Richard Stallman will buy shampoo before that happens. In other words NEVAHHHH!

By: mysteriousplanet

mysteriousplanet — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:53:43 +0000

Oh yeah, I forgot… Windows XP Professional – hmmm.. wasn’t that wallpaper akin to Teletubbies land… :)

By: mysteriousplanet

mysteriousplanet — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:50:58 +0000

I quite like the graphics, it’s a little childlike, but we all have individual tastes, and we can chose the image – no reason to drop scoring just because your personal preference favours something others may find more boring, or professional, it’s that’s your feeling.

It’s an operating system, not something to hang on your wall..

By: mysteriousplanet

mysteriousplanet — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:49:05 +0000

They don’t know better because they aren’t given a reasonable choice – it comes pre-installed an pretty much all bought computers, they switch it on and it’s there. Pre-installed Windows is the ONLY reason it’s the majority operating system.

By: jrtayloriv

jrtayloriv — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:42:54 +0000

should Ken Hess be considered relevant anymore?

Was he ever considered “relevant”?

By: jrtayloriv

jrtayloriv — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:41:17 +0000

Focusing on using only free software is a great improvement in security. It makes it where the entire OS is auditable. If you allow non-free software in by default there might be a part of your system that hasn’t been audited by anyone other than a few underpaid programmers who work at NVidia/ATI. If you want this type of software installed, you can choose to do so. But it’s better not to install it without asking people.

By: jrtayloriv

jrtayloriv — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:36:40 +0000

If you download a bloated LiveDVD from another distro, you’re going to spend just as long or longer downloading. The difference is that the netinst disk let’s you choose what to download. If you want everything on a DVD, then don’t use netinst …

By: woohoo

woohoo — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:57:48 +0000

Windows is used by millions because they don’t know better.

By: woohoo

woohoo — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:53:49 +0000

Why do you care if it’s APT or RPM? I used both Fedora and Ubuntu, below the RPM or APT instruction they’re pretty much the same thing for the user.

That being said, I wont’t upgrade next year from Ubuntu LTS 10.04 to 12.04 because I need a stable distro for more than 2 years. Being rather lazy, I don’t want to upgrade my OS unless I have to, I will probably look at CentOS, Scientific Linux (both come from RHEL) or Debian… Scientific Linux releases are supported for about 5 years, heh?

By: mrj

mrj — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:54:04 +0000

Chdslv, never had to repair Windows,eh? Hard to believe that they could still improve over Windows ME and Vista(Ford Pintos and Edsel?) , but I guess that they must have with 7. It’s not free( in any sense), so get out your wallet and remember to pay for an anti-virus and firewall too. It’s alot harder to get community support without the code, you know. Fear not, Microsoft really cares about you. I’m sure that they already helped you out with the upgrade to 7..Right?
Ubuntu still relies on Debian testing for development and probably always will. One of the many Linux distros dependent on Debian.
Don’t expect alot from Microsoft on future moves, unlike Linux it doesn’t adapt too well to new things like smart phones, netbooks or computer pads.

By: chdslv

chdslv — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:43:24 +0000

Would you mrj, buy a new car to repair it few days, before you take it for ride? Geek world, I suppose was over few years ago, and that’s why Windows 7 is used by millions, while how many can you count using Debian 6? Anyway, once Ubuntu comes in April, Debian honeymoon would be over…

By: mrj

mrj — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:45:47 +0000

I gather from this article that the author finds the Ubuntu 10.10 background preferable to the Debian 6 because it is more adult like. I don’t know about that. To each his own, I guess. Personally, I don’t find either background intellectually or artistically stimulating.
The real criticism of Debian 6 is that it requires users to build the system into a usable desktop. Now that sounds like an adult kind of thing to me. Certainly, Ubuntu is easier for a child to set-up. Perhaps they should change backgrounds.

By: Learnix

Learnix — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:57:44 +0000

I have been working on a Debian system for over 4 years now. I am surprised to find that the looks are so important to many people. I kind of agree and I will say that I didnot like the graphics either.

In our world, perception is very important and in my opinion too muchimportant..
Appearances fouls people more than doing any good sometimes . Yes, the world in general is superficial.
Take the time to feel the quality underneat the appearences and you will find a jewel.
To all the Debian contributors I want to say thank you, a real thank you for what I call the Marvel of Marvels and I mean Debian.
Yes there is always room to improve, yes the web site, yes the graphics may be the OS. This is part of human nature.
Debian Gnu/Linux is the only thing I know that is too good to be true. I want to say to the newcommers
it is true.
To all the people that contributed to Debian I rise my hat very ,very high and thank you again.

By: eldergeek

eldergeek — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:35:54 +0000

I’ve yet to like the default wallpaper on ANY distro; they all pretty much suck so that’s a non-issue. Squeeze is a little slower on the same hardware than Lenny was and I may never get used to KDE4 (is it me or was KDE3 a heck of a lot more user-friendly?) but the Software Center totally rocks and the OS remains rock solid while some websites which had become buggy (at best) on Lenny run just fine on Squeeze. I’ve no complaints at all with Debian 6 but I can’t say I cared much for this review.