[TriLUG] Debian on a laptop

[Roy Vestal]

Now Brandon,
  You know not to start a flame war! ;)

"Anyways you're better off learning Linux on Ubuntu because it's easier 
to use than (arguably) all the other distros."

As a former Solaris admin, Debian based was not the easiest for me. Red 
Hat, and of course now Fedora, was much easier. Also, I always recommend 
to my peers that want to work in corporate datacenters to learn Red Hat 
first as most DCs that I've worked in use RH systems not Debian based 
systems. Again, mileage WILL vary depending on your background. :)

With that said, this thread is about Debian and RaspberryPi 
synchronization. I say, use Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, ArchLinux, 
LFS, whatever works for you on your PC.

As an example, I use CentOS and Mac to do my Android development. Wait? 
Isn't Android Debian based? Ah yes it is! And therefore to my point. 
Just install what you want, use what you want. If Debian doesn't work, 
use another and enjoy your day. :)

-Roy

On 2/15/13 3:03 PM, Brandon Van Every wrote:
> 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.
>> ------Original Message------
>> From: Grawburg
>> Sender: trilug-bounces at trilug.org
>> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
>> ReplyTo: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Debian on a laptop
>> Sent: Feb 15, 2013 12:12 PM
>>
>> 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
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: "John Riselvato" <jdriselvato at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion" <trilug at trilug.org>
>>> Date: 02/14/13 01:13 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Debian on a laptop
>>>
>>> he wants debian because it 'sync's with his raspberry pi, though I am
>>> unsure how that works.
>>
>>
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