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Breaking Debian
Sep. 21st, 2012 08:33 amI had to build a new Linux machine for one of my clients this week, and because Debian 6 ("Squeeze") has problems with his KVM switches, I decided to try Debian "testing" ("Wheezy"). To my surprise and horror, the default desktop on "Wheezy" is seriously broken. The average user won't be able to do anything with it, and Linus Torvalds himself has denounced it (if you've never heard of him, Mr. Torvalds is the creator of Linux).
Yes, it's possible to install Debian with a different desktop, and I eventually reinstalled it with KDE, which I don't like but can live with; however, it boggles my mind that anyone developing an operating system he or she would like to see widely adopted would make the desktop unusable by default. Did Microsoft pay them to do it? What's wrong with the desktop they used in "Squeeze"?
I almost switched to CentOS 6, that is, Red Hat with the serial numbers filed off, but I like Debian's vastly larger array of available packages, including many related to manipulating audio.
Yes, it's possible to install Debian with a different desktop, and I eventually reinstalled it with KDE, which I don't like but can live with; however, it boggles my mind that anyone developing an operating system he or she would like to see widely adopted would make the desktop unusable by default. Did Microsoft pay them to do it? What's wrong with the desktop they used in "Squeeze"?
I almost switched to CentOS 6, that is, Red Hat with the serial numbers filed off, but I like Debian's vastly larger array of available packages, including many related to manipulating audio.
