Re: [orca-list] Questions about Distributions

[John G Heim <jheim math wisc edu>]

Debian refers to all proprietary drivers, whether they are free or not, 
as non-free. If you can do an install, you can install the drivers 
afterward by enabling the non-free repository in your sources.list. But 
that can be impossible on a laptop because sometimes the wifi drivers 
are non-free. So Debian puts out an unofficial installer with 
proprietary drivers:
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/





On 3/6/20 10:15 AM, sonfire11--- via orca-list wrote:
> I tried Debian a few times back in December. They always prided 
> themselves on having the widest range of hardware compatibility. 
> Unfortunately, it is the only distro that doesn’t support some hardware 
> in my laptop. My first choice is Fedora, but since I can’t get Mate to 
> bring up the app launcher with the windows key like Ubuntu Mate does, 
> Ubuntu is my next choice.
>
> Andy Borka
>
> *From: *John G Heim via orca-list <mailto:orca-list gnome org>
> *Sent: *Friday, March 6, 2020 10:56 AM
> *To: *Mewtamer <mailto:mewtamer gmail com>; Alexander Epaneshnikov 
> <mailto:aarnaarn2 gmail com>
> *Cc: *Orca List <mailto:orca-list gnome org>
> *Subject: *Re: [orca-list] Questions about Distributions
>
> For years I have been pondering submitting a bug report to Debian about
>
> their naming conventions. My department had a problem with Debian stable
>
> releases taking  too long. I really wanted to switch us to Debian
>
> testing but my boss had the predictable response, we're not running a
>
> testing distribution. So we switched to Ubuntu STS instead. But I'll bet
>
> that Debian testing is more stable than Ubuntu STS. If it just had a
>
> different name, we'd be running debian testing today.
>
> On 3/6/20 9:38 AM, Mewtamer via orca-list wrote:
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>  > Yeah, with Debian's "Stability is God" approach to software upgrades,
>
>  > Debian Stable is essentially an LTS and Testing is a rolling release
>
>  > by the standards of most other distros. Even Debian Unstable seems
>
>  > more stable than what I remember from my Windows days 99% of the time,
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>  > and I'm pretty sure the kind of breakages that force me to restore my
>
>  > root partition from backup are more often caused by my own tinkering
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>  > than by a bad software upgrade.
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>  >
>
>  > Can't really speak for distros outside of the Debian family though. I
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>  > think the last time I dabbled in anything rpm based was Fedora Core 2
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>  > and I don't think I've ever gone further abroad than that aside from a
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>  > single failed attempt at installing Gentoo over a decade ago(and I've
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>  > only been blind about 8 years)
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>  >
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>  > On 3/6/20, Alexander Epaneshnikov via orca-list <orca-list gnome org> 
> wrote:
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>  >>> So, which is more supported: Talking Arch, or Tarch?
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>  >>
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>  >>
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>  >> i am maintainer of TalkingArch located at talkingarch.info
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>  >>
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>  >> so it is supported.
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>  >>
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