<div dir="ltr">Thanks for the responses, chaps. <div><br></div><div style>Think I'll give Debian a go then - and if I don't get anywhere I can always fall back on Ubuntu.</div><div style><br></div><div style>It's an interesting debate around Ubuntu I feel because the road they are going down (more user convenience and less user control) strikes me as being somewhat antithetical to the whole point of running a free operating system in the first place.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Dave</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 7:30 PM, tom bruton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tombruton87@googlemail.com" target="_blank">tombruton87@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>6 months ago I hated Ubuntu mainly because of unity. However now it has won my heart for a few reasons, the Ubuntu store has really matured<br>
</div>, good place to find software makes installing all your programs at 1st setup really quick. <br>
<br></div>Lenses are now customizable(used to be just amazon), meaning you can integrate Ebay, Facebook twitter and a host of other things on the desktop. find it really useful to check stuff on Ebay on there.<br><br></div>
It looks good, in my opinion the best looking version of Linux about at the moment, however looks are subjective. <br><br></div>Has a large user base, so you get alot of community support.<br><br></div>you can sync all your online accounts with the OS which is pretty cool, also when you go on certain websites it also integrates with those sites<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Neal Quincey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:neal.quincey@googlemail.com" target="_blank">neal.quincey@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Shouldn't be too painful to try Debian, there is an Ubuntu version of<br>
the XPS13 and if you have a spare hard drive it would be safe to try on<br>
that.<br>
<span><font color="#888888"><br>
Neal<br>
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On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 14:08 +0100, Dave Briggs wrote:<br>
> Thought it may be a good idea to start up a bit of a holy war :-)<br>
><br>
><br>
> I've a new laptop on the way and am wanting to put Linux on it and for<br>
> it to become my main machine (leaving my Mac behind...).<br>
><br>
><br>
> So, distro choice. Ubuntu seems to be the default choice for a lot of<br>
> folk, but I'm not a fan of various things they are doing, including<br>
> the ads in search results, the forcing of Ubuntu One down your throat,<br>
> and so on. Don't personally find Unity that offensive as it happens.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Other seem to like Mint which seems to take the best bits of Ubuntu<br>
> while stripping out the annoying stuff - am I right?<br>
><br>
><br>
> I'd really like to give Debian a proper go, but I do worry that it<br>
> won't support the hardware in the laptop (it's a Dell XPS 13) without<br>
> difficulty.<br>
><br>
><br>
> What are people's thoughts?<br>
><br>
> Dave<br>
><br>
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