Hello LostOverThere!
Thank you for the encouraging answer. I am a long time user of a double boot Windows 2000 / Knoppix 3.4 PC. I have installed both OS several times and I found both of them easy to install. In both OS there were some minor things which did not work and I sort of got used to them. Knoppix has been an easy to install compromise because I did not want to try to install the true Debian (this was about 4 years ago).
Now I have got a new Dell OptiPlex 330 with two partitions C: and D: and Windows XP preinstalled on C:. I am looking for a suitable Linux distribution to install on D: (partition it further in root and swap etc.). I definitely want to use a Debian or a Debian-based distribution and KDE because I am used to it and installing new programs is like a charm. I would prefer one which is 100% compatible with the original Debian repository (Knoppix?, Mepis?), because I have had a very good experience with it and it it the largest and best tested one (I think). I am still an economic type who wants to have the work done quickly and does not like to fiddle too much with config files, recompile kernels and similar things. So I have tried the following live CDs:
Ubuntu / Kubuntu 6 live CD – overwritten disk, as I said earlier. Besides, I work with OCaml and found out recently (on the OCaml forum) that Ubuntu has OCaml in its repository, but it is broken there. I do not know how it works if I install things from the original Debian repository. Nice thing about Ubuntu / Kubuntu is that it has lots of books about it.
Debian KDE 4.0 etch live CD – stopped in the middle of the booting sequence, did not recognize my monitor. So it still does not seem quite user friendly. Sorry, it would have been nice to have the true Debian!
Knoppix 5.1.1 live CD – booted without hitches. Besides, I know Knoppix already. But the fonts were ugly, they appeared quite jagged. I have 1600 x 1200 points resolution. Thus, the ugliness was magnified. I had no such problem in my old Knoppix. Why? Also, Knoppix is not 100% Debian and it is a mixture of stable, testing and unstable. Once I tried apt-get upgrade and I broke the system.
SimplyMepis 7 live CD– booted with a crash report in KDE but recovered. Has nicely looking fonts. Has a recent version of OpenOffice (3.1). Some people say that it is 100% compatible with the original Debian repository, which would be very nice. It is no longer based on Ubuntu but on true Debian.
So which one would you recommend? As I said, a small adjustment to fix a minor problem would do, if someone can help me and if it can be done in a few hours.
Can you (or someone else) please help me?
Regards
Martin | | martin jasny | | Date: 2008-03-22, 17:14 GMT |
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