<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Excellent Steve,<div dir="auto">Jim needs to make a list of what he does and uses on his Linux box. I used to upgrade on every release of Red hat by doing a fresh install, but every six months was a lot of work. Now I use Centos because of long term support and the fact it has so many things I can do with it. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Sep 4, 2018, 9:53 AM Steve Litt <<a href="mailto:slitt@troubleshooters.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">slitt@troubleshooters.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Mon, 3 Sep 2018 22:50:41 -0700<br>
Jim <<a href="mailto:jim.nantz15@comcast.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">jim.nantz15@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> I've been using Kubuntu for 5 years now since I freed my computer<br>
> from windows and started running linux. For most of that time I used<br>
> Kubuntu 14. I tried 16, but soon gave up on it because there were<br>
> too many bugs. In July I put Kubuntu 18 on this machine. There are<br>
> some annoying bugs with it, but nothing that keeps me from using it.<br>
> <br>
> I saw on here recently that someone said they use the stable branch<br>
> of Debian. I'm looking for some advice. Should I stay with Kubuntu<br>
> or switch to Debian 9 stable? If you have an opinion, please tell<br>
> why you favor one over the other.<br>
<br>
I think your near-future decisions are much more wide ranging than<br>
Kubuntu vs Debian Stable:<br>
<br>
* Do you want to keep using KDE?<br>
<br>
* Where on the "User Friendly" vs DIY spectrum do you want to reside?<br>
<br>
* Do you have issues with using systemd?<br>
<br>
* Are there distros you like or dislike because of the way they do<br>
business?<br>
<br>
* Major versions, or rolling release?<br>
<br>
* Binary install, or compiled install?<br>
<br>
You probably have no opinion on many of these things, but at least ask<br>
the question. Then, look at Distrowatch and ask LOTS of people what<br>
they use. For instance, I use Void Linux, which, although not appearing<br>
in the Distrowatch top 100, is the most stable and DIY distro I've ever<br>
used. Lately, I've heard many things about #20, PCLinuxOS. #1 Manjaro<br>
is pretty good if you don't mind systemd and the fact that it's rolling<br>
release.<br>
<br>
You expressed dissatisfaction with Kubuntu's bugs. Big, bloaty wm/de's<br>
(Window Manager/Desktop Environment) are necessarily buggy: Too much<br>
complication to build quality in from the start, so they play<br>
whack-a-mole with bugs, and actually have other problems. Try Lubuntu,<br>
which is Ubuntu with the very lightweight and rock-stable LXDE wm/de.<br>
If you're a touch-typist, install dmenu to enable lightning fast<br>
command-running: Much faster than any hierarchical menu can give you.<br>
<br>
You probably have many options I haven't discussed. The main thing is<br>
this: At this point, limiting yourself to Ubuntu or Debian would be<br>
premature.<br>
<br>
SteveT<br>
<br>
Steve Litt <br>
September 2018 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business<br>
<a href="http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz</a><br>
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Jim <<a href="mailto:jim.nantz15@comcast.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jim.nantz15@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> I've been using Kubuntu for 5 years now since I freed my computer<br>
> from windows and started running linux. For most of that time I used<br>
> Kubuntu 14. I tried 16, but soon gave up on it because there were<br>
> too many bugs. In July I put Kubuntu 18 on this machine. There are<br>
> some annoying bugs with it, but nothing that keeps me from using it.<br>
> <br>
> I saw on here recently that someone said they use the stable branch<br>
> of Debian. I'm looking for some advice. Should I stay with Kubuntu<br>
> or switch to Debian 9 stable? If you have an opinion, please tell<br>
> why you favor one over the other.<br>
<br>
I think your near-future decisions are much more wide ranging than<br>
Kubuntu vs Debian Stable:<br>
<br>
* Do you want to keep using KDE?<br>
<br>
* Where on the "User Friendly" vs DIY spectrum do you want to reside?<br>
<br>
* Do you have issues with using systemd?<br>
<br>
* Are there distros you like or dislike because of the way they do<br>
business?<br>
<br>
* Major versions, or rolling release?<br>
<br>
* Binary install, or compiled install?<br>
<br>
You probably have no opinion on many of these things, but at least ask<br>
the question. Then, look at Distrowatch and ask LOTS of people what<br>
they use. For instance, I use Void Linux, which, although not appearing<br>
in the Distrowatch top 100, is the most stable and DIY distro I've ever<br>
used. Lately, I've heard many things about #20, PCLinuxOS. #1 Manjaro<br>
is pretty good if you don't mind systemd and the fact that it's rolling<br>
release.<br>
<br>
You expressed dissatisfaction with Kubuntu's bugs. Big, bloaty wm/de's<br>
(Window Manager/Desktop Environment) are necessarily buggy: Too much<br>
complication to build quality in from the start, so they play<br>
whack-a-mole with bugs, and actually have other problems. Try Lubuntu,<br>
which is Ubuntu with the very lightweight and rock-stable LXDE wm/de.<br>
If you're a touch-typist, install dmenu to enable lightning fast<br>
command-running: Much faster than any hierarchical menu can give you.<br>
<br>
You probably have many options I haven't discussed. The main thing is<br>
this: At this point, limiting yourself to Ubuntu or Debian would be<br>
premature.<br>
<br>
SteveT<div class="signature-text"><br>
<br>
Steve Litt <br>
September 2018 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business<br>
<a href="http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz</a><br>
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