How many are Using Debian and derviatives

[praka123]

Hello Friends,
Jus wanto know How many are using Debian GNU/Linux or its derivatives.please take the poll.

 

[vignesh]

I use Ubuntu....

 

[mehulved]

I'm downlaoding debian sarge right now. When it is finished will be using it. I gotta see those 14 cd's worth of softwares.

 

[gauravnawani]

I'm downlaoding debian sarge right now. When it is finished will be using it. I gotta see those 14 cd's worth of softwares.

I hope that you wont get disappointed with aging old stuff.

Currently I am using Ubuntu and am pretty much happy, 'Synaptic' is fast and quick in every thing. Hardware installation never bothered to ask any thing every thing worked out of the box for me.

I also have Debian Sarge, to compile old stuff.

 

[mehulved]

No problems cos I will be removing that soon too. Just trying it out. Am gonna install FreeBSD later so am trying out different distros. And i can well use updated versions of my favourite softwares.

 

[praka123]

@tech_your_future
Sarge is a gr8 distro yaar,if u need latest packages U can apt-get from unstable/etch distros,....more uptodate than Ubuntu dApper or whatever...
Am running a Mixed distro(take latest packages like eg;915 resolution which not yet (AFAIK) into Ubuntu/SuSE/eee.... FROM unstable debian repo(which actually(packages) isnt Unstable.enjoy Debian.If possible try Gentoo,that's 1 distro which i too wanna try

 

[mehulved]

Yeah prakash will try that out. BTW what kernel version does sarge use?

 

[praka123]

not soo happy with open suse,maintaining 4 distros in a single pc,suse gonna be kicked off

 

[praka123]

@tech_your_future
sarge comes default with 2.6.8 kernel..i got

debian:/home/prakash# uname -ram
Linux debian 2.6.14-1-686-smp #1 SMP Tue Nov 1 16:06:13 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux

with lm_sensors showing processor and board temperatures.....

 

[mehulved]

Hmm i'll try out the packages from testing then. I'm using gcc, alsa and kernel from testing in my slackware right now and its way better than using defaults specially using 2.6.13 kernel instead of 2.4.31.

 

[praka123]

Also U can install 'Splashy' bootsplash theme showing progress indicator,from experimental distribution.
package.debian.org/experimental
splashy.alioth.debian.org

 

[mehulved]

Still gotta wait 4 a while only 2 cd's have been fully downloaded and expect another 2 b over in a day or 2.

 

[planetcall]

I side Ubuntu
*img51.imageshack.us/img51/5026/screenshot2bo.th.jpg

 

[praka123]

Still gotta wait 4 a while only 2 cd's have been fully downloaded and expect another 2 b over in a day or 2.

U might have gotten network-install cd....read it in debian pages..

 

[mehulved]

I know but i got other downloads besides debian and need to complete those.

 

[praka123]

Also add this line to ur /etc/apt/sources.lst for sarge with latest Xorg

deb *people.debian.org/~nobse/xorg-x11/ sarge main

tonight gonna upgrade to XOrg using above...earlier i used XFREE86 4.5 debs which overlays existing XFree86 4.3.X from

ftp.fifi.org/debian-local/stable/unofficial/xfree86-4.5.0

which somehow not working with sarge...mine a 915GAV mobo intel...

 

[mehulved]

Hmm will check back here after i install debian.

 

[praka123]

Yeah.Installed Xorg.did modconf to probe i915 module(intel) for detection.now works gr8.~40~mb download via apt-get....
U can see my screenshot :

*images5.theimagehosting.com/Screenshot.8.th.png

 

[Aries]

I use fedora

 

[mehulved]

looks nice prakash. how do ya get those lm sensors?
Is it possible on slackware 10.2 with 2.6.13 kernel?