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Re: 7 Reasons Why Debian (etc.) is the Dominant Linux Distro

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Cybe R. Wizard wrote:

> Don't worry; he included the Debian children as Debian, too.
> http://www.datamation.com/open-source/7-reasons-why-debian-is-the-dominant-linux-distro.html

I don't think #7 package management is still true to the extent "dpkg 
and apt-get remain in a class of their own."  Which is the best package 
management is debatable; with dpkg being one of the answers.

#6 choice of risk, ie stable, testing, unstable comes at a pretty high 
price in terms of maintenance support.  How that variety is accomplished 
by the other alternate major family of RedHat and its derivatives or the 
Slackwares or Arches doesn't require as many developers as Debian uses.

#5 degree of freedom ie Main, Contrib, & non-free hasn't actually been 
handled all that 'transparently' by the Debian trunk.  It doesn't seem 
fair to give 'Debian' credit for its rather strict philosophy about 
requiring free while also giving credit to its offspring which are so 
open to non-free.  Some people who want non-free avoid Debian the parent 
because they aren't familiar with the routes and repos to using Debian 
and non-free apps and codecs.

#4 diverse documentation isn't a win by Debian.  IMO, the best docs are 
those by Arch and its derivatives.  And RedHat is no slouch either.

I'll give Deb a win on quick bug fixes #3; I would have to give one of 
Deb's offspring the win for the #2 installer and I would also give Deb a 
win on #1 the community, but again, the trophy may belong to one of the 
offspring such as Ub.



-- 
Mike Easter

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7 Reasons Why Debian (etc.) is the Dominant Linux Distro "Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> - 2016-01-13 13:06 -0600
  Re: 7 Reasons Why Debian (etc.) is the Dominant Linux Distro Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-01-13 11:34 -0800
    Re: 7 Reasons Why Debian (etc.) is the Dominant Linux Distro Big Bad Bob <BigBadBob-at-mrp3-dot-com@testing.local> - 2016-01-14 17:47 -0800

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