[OT} Debian

[Ed Sutherland]

As a Linux 'vet' (that is, a couple of years of trial-and-error 
exploring every PPC-based distro and windowing environment out there), 
my two-cents-worth is that Debian has greatly improved in ease-of-use 
and installation. However, I'm still holding out for flash and shockwave 
support before burning my bridges to a major desktop. I have my doubts 
whether that support will ever arrive for my PPC -- a big part of my 
buying a Windows machine in the near future.

Ed


David Orlovich wrote:

> Yes I must agree here too - I like YDL - it was the Linux Disto I "cut 
> my teeth" on, but Debian is not as hard to install as you might think 
> (just download the testing installer - it worked easier for me than 
> any other PPC distro I've tried), and keeping Debian up-to-date is a 
> breeze with programs like aptitude. Debian's testing (sarge) version 
> is much more up-to-date than YDL 3 and I suspect it will continue to 
> beat YDL 4. I'm not advocating abandoning YDL - more diversity is good 
> - but Debian is well worth a try, and it's the "free-est" distro I 
> know of. David.