Debian 9 vs Ubuntu 18

[Michael Butash]

I ran debian for a bit for my work laptop, but found that even though close
to ubuntu, there was greatly decreased compatibility with anything like
drivers or dpkg compatibility.  Everything 3rd party dpkg just ass-u-me's
ubuntu, which always broke things for me with bad dependencies and general
chaos.  I went back to ubuntu within a few months...

I do have a love/hate relation with KDE.  I'd really love to use it as I
prefer it to other WM's, but it's so buggy with any multi-monitor function,
even back to kde4 days, that it's still unusable for me.  I tried using it
with a fresh current build a few weeks ago on Arch, and found it still too
broken to use with it, destabilizing within a few days to crash the pc
(kwin compositing is crap).

You can always keep ubuntu and try different window managers, each has
strengths weaknesses.  Less severe approach to switching distro's.  I'd say
try Arch if inclined.  It was painful to get working, and never did on my
laptop (xps15), but love it on my desktop.

Don't hold your breath waiting for them to fix kde - been waiting 10-12
years already for me, and usually end up having to painfully move on.

-mb


On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 2:39 PM, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 10:06:05 -0700
> Jim <jim.nantz15 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > On 09/04/2018 09:46 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
> > > I think your near-future decisions are much more wide ranging than
> > > Kubuntu vs Debian Stable:
> > >
> > > * Do you want to keep using KDE?
> > Yes
> > > * Where on the "User Friendly" vs DIY spectrum do you want to
> > > reside
> > When I install it, I want it to just work, but I want to be able to
> > tweak some settings if I want to.
> > > * Do you have issues with using systemd?
> > No
> > > * Are there distros you like or dislike because of the way they do
> > >    business?
> > No
> > > * Major versions, or rolling release?
> > As long as it works and is stable, I don't care if it's a major
> > version or rolling install.
> > > * Binary install, or compiled install?
> > I prefer to install binaries rather than compiling from source.  I'm
>
> Sounds to me like Kubuntu is right for you. *Ubuntu's specialty is
> "just works", and Kubuntu features the KDE wm/de you want, together
> with other programs that work with KDE. "Just works" creates bugs on
> edge cases, and KDE is known buggy, but it's what you want. The "No
> Free Lunch" doctrine declares the price for this is a few bugs.
>
> SteveT
>
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