[TriLUG] Debian on a laptop

[Brandon Van Every]

There certainly isn't *that* much difference between straight Debian and
Ubuntu's modified Debian to make any difference.  It's probably comparable
to learning Windows XP vs. Windows Vista, if that.  All the package
management tools are the same.  Anyways you're better off learning Linux on
Ubuntu because it's easier to use than (arguably) all the other distros.
 Not like you aren't going to have grunge around about something sometime,
as it *is* Linux, but with Ubuntu you will suffer the least getting
started.  Lubuntu will make you suffer slightly more than straight Ubuntu
with the Unity desktop, but Lubuntu LDXE performs so much better than Unity
that it's worth it.

Cheers,
Brandon Van Every



On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Matt Flyer <matt at noway2.thruhere.net>wrote:

> In my experience, there isn't enough difference between distributions post
> install to worry much about that.  The differences, such as package manager
> are small enough to not be a challenge.
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> What I mean is that since the Pi is running Debian I want to learn Linux
> using the same version that
> is on the Pi.
>
> Brian
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> > Date: 02/14/13 01:13 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Debian on a laptop
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> > he wants debian because it 'sync's with his raspberry pi, though I am
> > unsure how that works.
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