Neko the gamer@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 2 years agoi hate that it's very often like thissh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square236fedilinkarrow-up1979arrow-down141
arrow-up1938arrow-down1imagei hate that it's very often like thissh.itjust.worksNeko the gamer@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square236fedilink
minus-squareLime66@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down7·edit-22 years ago Incredibly old and likely no longer updated packages the devs are expected to backport their security fixes to these packages, which can create an outrageous amount of work I don’t understand why would people not be on debian does not compute I don’t understand why someone would want to be on Debian, what actual advantage does it have.
minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years agoStability, slow changes, predictable, strong history, lots of distributions are based on it, the list goes on and on. I don’t use it but it’s kinda stupid to question it’s relevant qualities considering how much it’s brought to the Linux community.
minus-squarepuppy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoAlso don’t forget that Debian is completely community driven, unlike Redhat’s distros which face some controversy.
minus-squareLime66@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·2 years agoLots of distros are based on Ubuntu, does that make Ubuntu an amazing distro?
minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoThey are based on Debian then, not Ubuntu. They are just reworked.
minus-squareLime66@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 years agoThey are based on both in that case
minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIs it using APT? If so, guess what…
minus-squaremolochthagod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoRelax, guys, Debian and not Debian both have their pros and cons. The variety of options is what’s so beautiful about Linux.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoFor the .deb packages, obviously. Did you not read the post?
I don’t understand why someone would want to be on Debian, what actual advantage does it have.
Stability, slow changes, predictable, strong history, lots of distributions are based on it, the list goes on and on. I don’t use it but it’s kinda stupid to question it’s relevant qualities considering how much it’s brought to the Linux community.
Also don’t forget that Debian is completely community driven, unlike Redhat’s distros which face some controversy.
Lots of distros are based on Ubuntu, does that make Ubuntu an amazing distro?
They are based on Debian then, not Ubuntu. They are just reworked.
They are based on both in that case
Is it using APT? If so, guess what…
Relax, guys, Debian and not Debian both have their pros and cons. The variety of options is what’s so beautiful about Linux.
For the .deb packages, obviously.
Did you not read the post?