Linux distributions
Feb. 27th, 2006 02:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
guslFedora vs Debian vs others: What are the important differences?
I'm not much of an OS geek (I'm a programming geek and an Internet geek)... I still run FC1, and have to deal with lots of hardware and driver problems (touchpad not working, Flash movies playing too fast, PDA syncing, etc). I've been meaning to update it, but maybe I should install Debian instead (what are its selling points?). Can I install Debian over my Fedora without backing up my data, or screwing up my installed programs? (I mostly care about my Lisp environment: sbcl & slime)... Actually, I might want to buy a Windows-free laptop... any idea how to do that?
I'm not much of an OS geek (I'm a programming geek and an Internet geek)... I still run FC1, and have to deal with lots of hardware and driver problems (touchpad not working, Flash movies playing too fast, PDA syncing, etc). I've been meaning to update it, but maybe I should install Debian instead (what are its selling points?). Can I install Debian over my Fedora without backing up my data, or screwing up my installed programs? (I mostly care about my Lisp environment: sbcl & slime)... Actually, I might want to buy a Windows-free laptop... any idea how to do that?