Ah yes, life. Do I dare admit I can't remember things like I used to? Notes and reminders are more necesssry.
In general I have started to dislike Debian / Ubuntu. It seemed great in 2005, but the last time I tried to install a version (Lubuntu) the Calamares installer had a bug, and even capturing a log for a bug report failed.
So, I switched to Slackware which is not primitive at all, and very stable. It is a great build environment as well. I have been able to build everything I need, and install to /usr/local or use the Slackbuilds. KDE looks and works fine on my 2011 Acer desktop as well. Emails about security updates are frequent, and installing those using slackpkg works great.
I think Debian is used more because it is slightly easier (supposedly) to install, but that really is not so true anymore. Of course Debian has a lot more packages, but those come with a lot more bugs. SysV init still works just fine, and edit startup scripts no problem. Also, I do not agree using sudo is somehow better than using su and just doing things as root. sudo seems more like a risk, and there are forum discussions about that.
Using Slackware with the Raspberry Pi Pico I did need to build an ARM version of gdb, but that was no problem using the default install of Slackware.
However, the thing I do like about Raspberry Pi OS when used on my Raspberry Pi 4 is having Wolfram Math. For the Pi, the Debian works ok, except of course on my old original Pi from 2013 (made in China).
In the end, it doesn't matter which GNU/Linux I use as long as it is mostly stable and has minimal bugs.
After all, what is an OS for anyway? Device drivers - the Linux kernel and external driver modules handle that. Apps - you can usually find and add open source apps that work for your needs. Software development - many tools are available. Package management? Eh, whatever, it is nice, but for certain software you get on their email list and just build and install it yourself.
Anyway, that's where I'm at with GNU/Linux. I have not tried Beyond Linux From Scratch... maybe some day. Too many projects right now anyway.
That's my rant, see ya!
In general I have started to dislike Debian / Ubuntu. It seemed great in 2005, but the last time I tried to install a version (Lubuntu) the Calamares installer had a bug, and even capturing a log for a bug report failed.
So, I switched to Slackware which is not primitive at all, and very stable. It is a great build environment as well. I have been able to build everything I need, and install to /usr/local or use the Slackbuilds. KDE looks and works fine on my 2011 Acer desktop as well. Emails about security updates are frequent, and installing those using slackpkg works great.
I think Debian is used more because it is slightly easier (supposedly) to install, but that really is not so true anymore. Of course Debian has a lot more packages, but those come with a lot more bugs. SysV init still works just fine, and edit startup scripts no problem. Also, I do not agree using sudo is somehow better than using su and just doing things as root. sudo seems more like a risk, and there are forum discussions about that.
Using Slackware with the Raspberry Pi Pico I did need to build an ARM version of gdb, but that was no problem using the default install of Slackware.
However, the thing I do like about Raspberry Pi OS when used on my Raspberry Pi 4 is having Wolfram Math. For the Pi, the Debian works ok, except of course on my old original Pi from 2013 (made in China).
In the end, it doesn't matter which GNU/Linux I use as long as it is mostly stable and has minimal bugs.
After all, what is an OS for anyway? Device drivers - the Linux kernel and external driver modules handle that. Apps - you can usually find and add open source apps that work for your needs. Software development - many tools are available. Package management? Eh, whatever, it is nice, but for certain software you get on their email list and just build and install it yourself.
Anyway, that's where I'm at with GNU/Linux. I have not tried Beyond Linux From Scratch... maybe some day. Too many projects right now anyway.
That's my rant, see ya!
Statistics: Posted by breaker — Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:30 pm