I use Debian because?
Submitted by root
| The package archives. |
   28% | 173 votes |
| The quality. |
48% | 295 votes |
| The Free-ness. |
17% | 108 votes |
| The multi-arch support. |
3% | 20 votes |
| Total 606 votes |
very hard to choose one option. for me, running deb on few white boxes, only multiarch doesn't aply. anyway, learned from past vendor-lockins, the freeness definitely won.
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Posted by Anonymous (194.2.xx.xx) on Wed 4 May 2005 at 12:03
I finally choose The Quality... but
- package archives and large repository of software matters
- free-ness matters
- package management, and dpkg/apt-get robustness also...
- package archives and large repository of software matters
- free-ness matters
- package management, and dpkg/apt-get robustness also...
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Posted by Anonymous (80.58.xx.xx) on Wed 4 May 2005 at 15:49
You forgot the "All of the above" option.
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Posted by Steve (82.41.xx.xx) on Wed 4 May 2005 at 16:44
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Posted by Anonymous (65.82.xx.xx) on Thu 5 May 2005 at 03:48
"Free", but actually, when I was looking for something to install on a 386 w/4MB, Debian was the first thing I found that I could put on it with floppies. I've never really ventured to another distro since.
I think it was about 6 years ago. I think it was slink. And, actually, until I got a wireless router this past Christmas, it was my router/gw to the world (yes, still the default slink install ;) .
I think it was about 6 years ago. I think it was slink. And, actually, until I got a wireless router this past Christmas, it was my router/gw to the world (yes, still the default slink install ;) .
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Posted by Anonymous (82.82.xx.xx) on Thu 5 May 2005 at 07:44
I'm fascinated of the completely freeness and the philosophy behind this. I think this is the only way to get out of the novel from George Orwell (1984), at least it is a gleam of light. A big point also is the stability (quality), which beats all the commercial and non-commercial OS ;). Thx to all developers for their work and to all people who made this possible!!!
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All of the above.
-- asg
-- asg
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The package archives are the main reason I choose for debian. I've been using slackware, lfs and several *bsd distributions, but I've grown tired of compiling ever more complex GUI software myself.
Quality is important for servers I admin, but there are other distributions with a lot of quality -- it's not a debian monopoly.
I regard Free-ness both as a blessing and a curse. Sometimes I wish it would be easier to install software like pine and mplayer, and I'm afraid some people are pushing for even more draconic measures. I don't regard most other distributions as having less freedom -- as end-user, not as admin who is responsible for what he installs on machines he doesn't own. But in respect to some 'other' operating systems, or free-ness of hardware specs and protocols, it is definitely important.
For the multi-arch support I have no money. It's not that I wouldn't like to play (some more) with Sparcs, Alphas and other nice toys... Even many companies don't have anything else than x86 these days.
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Posted by Anonymous (68.209.xx.xx) on Sat 7 May 2005 at 01:13
This is a tough one. I started using Debian because of the Free-ness (I moved from Mandrake when they filed for bankruptcy in 2003). Along the way, I've learned to love the quality and the package system/archives. I must confess that I haven't had any experience with the multi-arch support though.
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