I'm trying out Debian for the first time. What am I in for /g/?
>>he bought into the Debian meme
>>53698719
enlightenment.
>installing Linux
We got another one, boys!
An unremarkable Linux experience with no big drawbacks or advantages
>2016
>install Linux
>audio still doesn't work
>uninstall
>>53698841
>he never unmuted alsamixer
whoreshaviinagiggle.pcm
>>53698719
The install process is a bit too long but the distro itself seems to be quite good. Installed on an old celeron M laptop to repurpose it as a server. It seems fairly lightweight and stable so far.
>>53698841
>he expected things to "just work"
>>53698773
In what way? I'm gnu at this shit.
>>53698719
It's fairly basic by default. Stable really is stable, shit never breaks. It's also old, if that bothers you, use testing or sid. Giant fucking repos. Pretty much anything you might want is packaged for you, so if you wanna make it not-basic, you can. Apt kinda sucks but manages to work well enough.
I tried to install it last night but it refuses to acknowledge rtl8187 or my mouse.
So I gave up and put arch on another box, if only debian was as easy to install.
>>53698920
In what way does apt suck compared to other distros?
Help I can't get my wireless card working with Debian. Is there some trick to setting them up?
>>53698719
no proprietary firmware during install :))))))
>>53698994
Dependency hell isnt too common but sucks
>Sorry but this program depends on the old version of gcc and you upgraded from that a year ago
>>53699113
It's also slow. And, unlike RPM, packages are allowed to stop and ask you questions during the install process.
Debian is is to operating systems pretty much what debian is to operating systems.
>>53698764
>bought
>>53698719
a neckbeard.
debian is okay. installer sort of sucks and is ugly.also comes bloated
>>53699102
add non-free firmware
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch06s04.html.en
>>53699102
https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware
>>53698719
Debian is worst linux from all of them. Go Gentoo instead.
>>53699349
>Debian is worst linux from all of them.
Highly subjective and overly dramatic.
>Go Gentoo instead.
Why do you care what *others you have nothing to do with* use?
>>53699113
Aren't packages required to be backwards compatible?
People involved with debian for a long time may commit suicide.
>>53699560
People involved with 4chan for a long time may end up selling their soul to Google.
A good and stable os
>>53698781
>boys
>look everyone, I still think I'm on reddit! ;)
>>53698719
A really cool distro.
I switched myself a few days ago from Mint, been loving it. Debian Testing is really nice. Great balance between stability and new stuff. Repos are fuck-huge
Google DontBreakDebian to learn what not to do
>>53702123
JEWbuntu and Mint-JEW are nothing more than jews achieveing shekels out of DEBIAN.
>>53702162
We don't disagree. Why are you so angry
>>53698719
>>53698719
out of date packages
>>53698899
>repurpose
re-use
>>53698719
It depends. If you use legacy hardware you'll be fine. If not, you better install sid.
I'm using it a few months already (Debian testing) and I like it a lot but there's one library that I need at the moment and it's not available in testing, but it is available in Ubuntu.
http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/gdcm.html
This library is used for processing medical DICOM files.
You're about to be entangled in dependencies and bloatware
install devuan instead
