Talk:/fglt/

Recommended distros for beginners

I don't think Debian is a good choice for newbies. --Morpheus (talk) 22:53, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

It disgusts me that you want newbies to use an infested distro that doesn't respect their privacy like Ubuntu, with their horribly out-of-date official repos filled with software patched until it's nearly falling apart, with bugs specific only to its own family, and nearly no contribution or relation with upstream. Not a single Ubuntu install has worked fine for me over 3~ years, while pretty much every other distro does work. At the point where you're willing to call that a newbie-friendly experience, you might as-well recommend them Gentoo, as even that gave me less trouble than Ubuntu usually does, and that's not even bringing up Ubuntu's relation with Amazon and how utterly horrible and in-experienced with Linux their forums are. I have installed Debian, and guess what, it's not hard at all, I've begun contemplating that "installing debian is harder than shitbuntu" is a myth, since Debian's installation is literally spamming "next" and choosing your own DE and username/password. Please stop recommending Linux that doesn't respect the user. --Topcuck1337 at blahblah date, I can't even into wiki editing.

First of all, let's break down your points.

>horribly out-of-date official repos

Isn't Ubuntu's repo more up-to-date than Debian jessie?

>Not a single Ubuntu install has worked fine for me over 3~ years

Your experience != Their experience. Don't force your experience down their throat

>It disgusts me that you want newbies to use an infested distro that doesn't respect their privacy like Ubuntu,

I understand that Ubuntu (Unity) with Amazon is bullshit. That's why the OP didn't include Unity into the list of recommended distros.

>>Please stop recommending Linux that doesn't respect the user.

>recommending Debian, which isn't "Respecting Your Freedom" according to FSF

If I were to recommend distros that respects your privacy and freedom, I'd recommend the FSF-endorsed distros instead.

--Morpheus (talk) 07:02, 18 November 2015 (UTC)