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I'm pretty happy with !Ubuntu, but if anyone can convince me why !Linux Mint !Debian Edition is better, I am willing to give it a try. !lmde
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Linux Mint in general is a great alternative to Ubuntu and Unity if you're not all for Unity as a DE.
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@ddhuy if you care about it being a community distro then it's definitely worthwhile,if you like unity & are happy with canonical then stay
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I've never liked gnome and KDE, so I think unity and gnome3 r a lot worse, that's why I use Bodhilinux with enlightenment
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it’s in the name. “linux mint >>debian<< edition”. go go go, ditch ubuntu =P
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Freedom is better than any of them: http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html
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I got to tell you, I wish I could try one of those distros. But I have had no luck at all. I downloaded #Ututo, #VirtualBox can not read it
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!virtualbox for the win
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Sounds like a problem with VirtualBox, right? Perhaps a bad download? Verify MD5 checksum. It's just an .iso after all.
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Also, !Trisquel has a new release: version 5.0.
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Debian is free but is not there... that list is biased
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The reason the FSF doesn't endorse Debian is discussed here: http://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html
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@darkestkhan I got bullied at libreplanet for saying i used debian, though it's 100% free. They said the non-free repo should be erased.
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my system from non-free/contrib has only flash (thinking about nuking it) and unrar; no gnu doc on my system
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@mvdan Those bullying are misguided, IMO, since it’s possible to use Debian without loss of freedom if you are careful and know the issues.
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Rolling release is neat in !lmde
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If Unity does not cut it for you, Linux Mint Katya would be a good alternative
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@faither ultimate suckage =D
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I'm writing this from Ututo within VirtualBox...
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@ddhuy download a livecd/livedvd and try it out. The only person that can convince you from one option or another is yourself.
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From a pure utilitarian perspective I found Debian much more stable / lighter weight / faster booting than Ubuntu. Tho I switched ~ 8.04 .
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From a philosophical perspective I prefer distros which allow me to respect my freedoms. Whether they are !debian or !fsf approved distros.
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the hurd guys seem to have it together. I trust them to keep debian gnu/hurd faif
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@claudiom yes?
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That was more in response to @faither. Not sure why the Linux group was included with that. #Newdentica feature I guess... :-/
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I've used every Ubuntu you can think of throughout the past 3 years or so, never quite satisfied. But I ventured out and LMDE is for me.
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