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Posted Apr 02, 2009 at 4:14:35 AM
Subject: Debian vversion 5?
Hi again all. One more newbie question: I read that Debian is rated as the best version of Linux to get because it is compatible with most all computer architecture any thoughts?
mikeh
P.S. thank you to all who have taken the time to respond to my inquiries I will get this Linux going yet!!!!!
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Reed
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Apr 02, 2009 12:59:27 PM
Subject: Debian vversion 5?
Best is a subjective term. It's true that Debian has been ported to a lot of different architectures, but for the vast majority of people using laptops, netbooks, and desktops, what matters are x86, x86_64, PPC, and ARM. PPC was the old powerpoint architecture used by Apple, but they have since switched to Intel, which is x86. ARM is probably up and coming and use spreads in netbooks. And what none of that speaks to is compatibility to other hardware, like video cards, wireless cards, printers, etc. Debian's potential to work with all of these hardware pieces is on par with any other of the main distros - most drivers for common hardware are built into the kernel and are therefore distro agnostic. Debian is very strict about only using free (as in speech) software, so will not work out of the box with, for example, a lot of wireless cards that require proprietary firmware or drivers; cards that might work in Ubuntu out of the box.
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