On 4/22/2014 5:13 PM, Linux Canuck wrote:
<snip>Simple answer. No.
Answer to number two is simpler: yes it is a rolling release.
Roy
I removed what Roy said not because I disagree but because I could not agree more. I did want to add a bit to what he said.
Is Debian good for beginners?
It depends on what the beginner's goal is. If it is to learn like a non-swimmer being thrown in water over his head as a way to learn swimming, then yes, it is great (sarcasm chip engaged). For most Newbies almost anything else would be better. See all of Roy's reasons.
Is Debian a rolling distro?
Yes.
An aside. I have experimented with Debian over the years. Just in 2013 did I use Debian for a production server. Before, I had used CentOS. I liked some things about Debian better than CentOS and therefore went that way. However, I have been working with Linux for quite a while and never before last year did I feel confident enough to put a Debian system into a production environment. That was Debian 6. Right now I have two servers with Debian 7.4 running as well as the Debian 6 server. My reason is simply that Debian for me has been bulletproof. I would not suggest getting into Debian until you are VERY comfortable with working from the command line and hand editing configuration files. Until then, I would stay away. I just set one of my servers GUI up to automatically log in. In Debian 7.4, one has to edit an XML type file to do that. On distros like *buntu, Linux Mint, or Zorin this process is easy. It can be done from the GUI. On Debian, no.
Loyal
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