[Lincoln LUG] Distros

[Dave Briggs]

Thanks for the responses, chaps.

Think I'll give Debian a go then - and if I don't get anywhere I can always
fall back on Ubuntu.

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.

Dave


On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 7:30 PM, tom bruton <tombruton87 at googlemail.com>wrote:

> 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
> , good place to find software makes installing all your programs at 1st
> setup really quick.
>
> 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.
>
> It looks good, in my opinion the best looking version of Linux about at
> the moment, however looks are subjective.
>
> Has a large user base, so you get alot of community support.
>
> 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
>
>
> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Neal Quincey <neal.quincey at googlemail.com>wrote:
>
>> Shouldn't be too painful to try Debian, there is an Ubuntu version of
>> the XPS13 and if you have a spare hard drive it would be safe to try on
>> that.
>>
>> Neal
>>
>> On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 14:08 +0100, Dave Briggs wrote:
>> > Thought it may be a good idea to start up a bit of a holy war :-)
>> >
>> >
>> > I've a new laptop on the way and am wanting to put Linux on it and for
>> > it to become my main machine (leaving my Mac behind...).
>> >
>> >
>> > So, distro choice. Ubuntu seems to be the default choice for a lot of
>> > folk, but I'm not a fan of various things they are doing, including
>> > the ads in search results, the forcing of Ubuntu One down your throat,
>> > and so on. Don't personally find Unity that offensive as it happens.
>> >
>> >
>> > Other seem to like Mint which seems to take the best bits of Ubuntu
>> > while stripping out the annoying stuff - am I right?
>> >
>> >
>> > I'd really like to give Debian a proper go, but I do worry that it
>> > won't support the hardware in the laptop (it's a Dell XPS 13) without
>> > difficulty.
>> >
>> >
>> > What are people's thoughts?
>> >
>> > Dave
>> >
>> >
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