Comments on: Debian etch is now my local flavour http://justinhartman.com/2006/12/15/debian-etch-is-now-my-local-flavour/ Living Life. Running a Startup. Loving Technology. Sun, 11 Sep 2011 01:25:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: silke http://justinhartman.com/2006/12/15/debian-etch-is-now-my-local-flavour/comment-page-1/#comment-2973 silke Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:00:59 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2006/12/15/debian-etch-is-now-my-local-flavour/#comment-2973 Hi Justin, <br>thanks for encouraging me! I did the installation! In my opinion Ubuntu developers did some practical work that's missing in Debian etch (like mouse button emulation, sleep mode, appearing desktop icons when mounting things). But some copies from Ubuntu live and some online research made me figure out the important things quite fast.<br>Enjoy Etch and thanks!<br>silke Hi Justin,
thanks for encouraging me! I did the installation! In my opinion Ubuntu developers did some practical work that's missing in Debian etch (like mouse button emulation, sleep mode, appearing desktop icons when mounting things). But some copies from Ubuntu live and some online research made me figure out the important things quite fast.
Enjoy Etch and thanks!
silke

]]> By: silke http://justinhartman.com/2006/12/15/debian-etch-is-now-my-local-flavour/comment-page-1/#comment-46 silke Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:00:59 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2006/12/15/debian-etch-is-now-my-local-flavour/#comment-46 Hi Justin, thanks for encouraging me! I did the installation! In my opinion Ubuntu developers did some practical work that's missing in Debian etch (like mouse button emulation, sleep mode, appearing desktop icons when mounting things). But some copies from Ubuntu live and some online research made me figure out the important things quite fast. Enjoy Etch and thanks! silke Hi Justin,
thanks for encouraging me! I did the installation! In my opinion Ubuntu developers did some practical work that’s missing in Debian etch (like mouse button emulation, sleep mode, appearing desktop icons when mounting things). But some copies from Ubuntu live and some online research made me figure out the important things quite fast.
Enjoy Etch and thanks!
silke

]]> By: Justin Hartman http://justinhartman.com/2006/12/15/debian-etch-is-now-my-local-flavour/comment-page-1/#comment-2972 Justin Hartman Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:05:54 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2006/12/15/debian-etch-is-now-my-local-flavour/#comment-2972 Hi Silke<br><br>I have to be honest Debian was much easier to install than Ubuntu. You must bear in mind that I came from a Red Hat/CentOS RPM background because those seem to be the popular Linux distros at ISP's around the world.<br><br>I have tried all as a personal OS but never lasted because I found them too unstable and unreliable for everyday use. I decided to give Ubuntu a bash (as has been documented) because I was a little scared of Debian myself but what I did find was that Ubuntu didn't handle PowerPC very well and was very buggy. I often ran out of resources, system crashes etc.<br><br>That said Ubuntu was still more stable as a personal OS than the others I tried. When I learned that Ubuntu were dropping PPC I decided to give Debian a try. I started with the "testing" version A.K.A. Etch and within a week I was using the "unstable" version A.K.A. Sid.<br><br>I found that the unstable version of Debian was far more stable than Ubuntu ever was for me and this is testament to the Debian team. Debian runs a much newer kernel version than Ubuntu and I think as a result you shouldn't have a problem installing on a Mac.<br><br>If I knew then what I knew now I would have gone with Debian from the start, Don't get me wrong Ubuntu is GREAT but for PowerPC and Mac I would go with Debian any day of the week.<br><br>If you're still not 100% sure download a Debian Live CD (<a href="http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/">http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/</a>) and boot up on your mac to see how it goes. If you can run the live CD you know that Debian and Yaboot will install without problems. Hi Silke

I have to be honest Debian was much easier to install than Ubuntu. You must bear in mind that I came from a Red Hat/CentOS RPM background because those seem to be the popular Linux distros at ISP's around the world.

I have tried all as a personal OS but never lasted because I found them too unstable and unreliable for everyday use. I decided to give Ubuntu a bash (as has been documented) because I was a little scared of Debian myself but what I did find was that Ubuntu didn't handle PowerPC very well and was very buggy. I often ran out of resources, system crashes etc.

That said Ubuntu was still more stable as a personal OS than the others I tried. When I learned that Ubuntu were dropping PPC I decided to give Debian a try. I started with the “testing” version A.K.A. Etch and within a week I was using the “unstable” version A.K.A. Sid.

I found that the unstable version of Debian was far more stable than Ubuntu ever was for me and this is testament to the Debian team. Debian runs a much newer kernel version than Ubuntu and I think as a result you shouldn't have a problem installing on a Mac.

If I knew then what I knew now I would have gone with Debian from the start, Don't get me wrong Ubuntu is GREAT but for PowerPC and Mac I would go with Debian any day of the week.

If you're still not 100% sure download a Debian Live CD (http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/) and boot up on your mac to see how it goes. If you can run the live CD you know that Debian and Yaboot will install without problems.

]]> By: Justin Hartman http://justinhartman.com/2006/12/15/debian-etch-is-now-my-local-flavour/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Justin Hartman Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:05:54 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2006/12/15/debian-etch-is-now-my-local-flavour/#comment-44 Hi Silke I have to be honest Debian was much easier to install than Ubuntu. You must bear in mind that I came from a Red Hat/CentOS RPM background because those seem to be the popular Linux distros at ISP's around the world. I have tried all as a personal OS but never lasted because I found them too unstable and unreliable for everyday use. I decided to give Ubuntu a bash (as has been documented) because I was a little scared of Debian myself but what I did find was that Ubuntu didn't handle PowerPC very well and was very buggy. I often ran out of resources, system crashes etc. That said Ubuntu was still more stable as a personal OS than the others I tried. When I learned that Ubuntu were dropping PPC I decided to give Debian a try. I started with the "testing" version A.K.A. Etch and within a week I was using the "unstable" version A.K.A. Sid. I found that the unstable version of Debian was far more stable than Ubuntu ever was for me and this is testament to the Debian team. Debian runs a much newer kernel version than Ubuntu and I think as a result you shouldn't have a problem installing on a Mac. If I knew then what I knew now I would have gone with Debian from the start, Don't get me wrong Ubuntu is GREAT but for PowerPC and Mac I would go with Debian any day of the week. If you're still not 100% sure download a Debian Live CD (http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/) and boot up on your mac to see how it goes. If you can run the live CD you know that Debian and Yaboot will install without problems. Hi Silke

I have to be honest Debian was much easier to install than Ubuntu. You must bear in mind that I came from a Red Hat/CentOS RPM background because those seem to be the popular Linux distros at ISP’s around the world.

I have tried all as a personal OS but never lasted because I found them too unstable and unreliable for everyday use. I decided to give Ubuntu a bash (as has been documented) because I was a little scared of Debian myself but what I did find was that Ubuntu didn’t handle PowerPC very well and was very buggy. I often ran out of resources, system crashes etc.

That said Ubuntu was still more stable as a personal OS than the others I tried. When I learned that Ubuntu were dropping PPC I decided to give Debian a try. I started with the “testing” version A.K.A. Etch and within a week I was using the “unstable” version A.K.A. Sid.

I found that the unstable version of Debian was far more stable than Ubuntu ever was for me and this is testament to the Debian team. Debian runs a much newer kernel version than Ubuntu and I think as a result you shouldn’t have a problem installing on a Mac.

If I knew then what I knew now I would have gone with Debian from the start, Don’t get me wrong Ubuntu is GREAT but for PowerPC and Mac I would go with Debian any day of the week.

If you’re still not 100% sure download a Debian Live CD (http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/) and boot up on your mac to see how it goes. If you can run the live CD you know that Debian and Yaboot will install without problems.

]]> By: silke http://justinhartman.com/2006/12/15/debian-etch-is-now-my-local-flavour/comment-page-1/#comment-2971 silke Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:44:59 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2006/12/15/debian-etch-is-now-my-local-flavour/#comment-2971 Hi Justin, I'm curiously reading about your experiences with Ubuntu and Debian on your mac. I didn't hear of the plans to drop Ubuntu ppc support - ubuntu ist what I'm running on my ibook G4.<br>Could you please let me know how easy it is to get on with Debian in comparison to Ubuntu? I had Debian on my previous machine, but just for 2 months or so because I was quite a newbie and didn't get on with it... How easy is the installation of etch and yaboot? Is it "all inclusive" as in ubuntu?<br>Sincerely, silke (from Germany) Hi Justin, I'm curiously reading about your experiences with Ubuntu and Debian on your mac. I didn't hear of the plans to drop Ubuntu ppc support – ubuntu ist what I'm running on my ibook G4.
Could you please let me know how easy it is to get on with Debian in comparison to Ubuntu? I had Debian on my previous machine, but just for 2 months or so because I was quite a newbie and didn't get on with it… How easy is the installation of etch and yaboot? Is it “all inclusive” as in ubuntu?
Sincerely, silke (from Germany)

]]> By: silke http://justinhartman.com/2006/12/15/debian-etch-is-now-my-local-flavour/comment-page-1/#comment-41 silke Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:44:59 +0000 http://justinhartman.com/2006/12/15/debian-etch-is-now-my-local-flavour/#comment-41 Hi Justin, I'm curiously reading about your experiences with Ubuntu and Debian on your mac. I didn't hear of the plans to drop Ubuntu ppc support - ubuntu ist what I'm running on my ibook G4. Could you please let me know how easy it is to get on with Debian in comparison to Ubuntu? I had Debian on my previous machine, but just for 2 months or so because I was quite a newbie and didn't get on with it... How easy is the installation of etch and yaboot? Is it "all inclusive" as in ubuntu? Sincerely, silke (from Germany) Hi Justin, I’m curiously reading about your experiences with Ubuntu and Debian on your mac. I didn’t hear of the plans to drop Ubuntu ppc support – ubuntu ist what I’m running on my ibook G4.
Could you please let me know how easy it is to get on with Debian in comparison to Ubuntu? I had Debian on my previous machine, but just for 2 months or so because I was quite a newbie and didn’t get on with it… How easy is the installation of etch and yaboot? Is it “all inclusive” as in ubuntu?
Sincerely, silke (from Germany)

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