Ubuntu and I – Beauty Isn’t Enough

Re:Ubuntu and I – Beauty Isn’t Enough by icebraining on Sunday November 06, 2011 @01:23AM (#3201938)

Have you considered the Backports for Debian? It solves the problem of glacial updates for many people - just add some of the packages you want, like Firefox and such.

I've been using Unstable for a couple of years now (updating every few days) and it has only broke once or twice in the entire time. Sure, it took me a couple of hours initially to configure it just as I wanted it, but I never feel like I'm doing "maintenance work".

One of the problems with Ubuntu is that it loads too much damn stuff, which increases the probability of breakage. My base desktop - the stuff that gets loaded after logging in - is just X, Awesome, Wicd and XScreensaver.

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Re:Ubuntu and I – Beauty Isn’t Enough by markrushing on Sunday November 06, 2011 @04:43AM (#3202266)

Yeah, I haven't looked at what backports has in it right now, but that's certainly a thought. I was thinking Mint might be a "first line" against any breaks that might show up in unstable, but it seems many people are very happy with unstable. I sure don't mind spending a few hours every couple years fixing some breakage - it's worth it for keeping updated. Totally agree about Ubuntu - serious bloat. I'm back in Debian stable right now, and it's incredibly more agile on the same hardware. There's not a thing I miss about Unity, either. Mint, BTW, couldn't install on an LVM/raid setup. Thanks icebraining....

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