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I think part of the problem is identifying which of those alternatives is closest to "exactly Debian, but without the hardware support problems". You really wan
by regularfry 5y ago
I think part of the problem is identifying which of those alternatives is closest to "exactly Debian, but without the hardware support problems". You really want something which tracks closely enough that bug reports against packages in that distro could be directly and intentionally accepted by Debian's tracker.
The problem with accepting "Debian is not a friendly distro and that's fine" is that unlesss the snags are addressed, the number of reasons for people to run off to Pop and Ubuntu will only increase over time. Having a friendlier on-ramp to something that is actually Debian is good, but I suspect you could satisfy the "keep Debian pure" requirement with a fairly thin branding layer.
- seba_dos1 5y ago> I think part of the problem is identifying which of those alternatives is closest to "exactly Debian, but without the hardware support problems". That sounds like Debian's non-free ISO.
- regularfry 5y agoYes, but it needs a different name to create a clear space between Debian's comparative purity and the ideologically messy practicalities of actually getting the hardware working. Technically there's little challenge, the hard work on that part has been done.