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I was thinking the same thing. Ubuntu is getting hoggy and commercial. And the default desktop, ick. (Can you get Mate for that?) I use Debian + Mate mself. In
by swayvil 8y ago
I was thinking the same thing. Ubuntu is getting hoggy and commercial. And the default desktop, ick. (Can you get Mate for that?)
I use Debian + Mate mself. Install it on my clients' machines too. People like it.
- mixmastamyk 8y agoUbuntu mate is great. What about the shitty release cycle? I find it easy to understand, unlike Debian.
- jcoffland 8y agoDebian has a rolling release. Very easy to understand. Ubuntu has 6-month releases and LTS releases. In my experience, upgrading Ubuntu often fails and requires manual intervention whereas Debian upgrades just work. If you get a few years behind on Ubuntu upgrades you either have to reinstall or apply each upgrade in sequence.
- swayvil 8y agoLikewise, no probs at all in the install or upgrades ever. Debian is the preferred laptop OS on the International Space Station, btw.
- icebraining 8y agoDebian Stable, which is the default, is not rolling. Debian has 2-year releases (Stable), a rolling release that occasionally freezes (Testing) and an actual rolling release (Unstable/Sid). Personally I've been using Unstable on my laptop for over a decade without any real issues, but then again I keep a very lean desktop (LXDM + awesome), so there is little to go wrong compared to a full DE.