Fedora vs Ubuntu vs anything - where next with Linux?

[Tom Ellis]

On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 11:16:24AM +0000, Alastair Stevens wrote:
> 2009/1/17 Tom Ellis <tom-lists-clug2 at jaguarpaw.co.uk>
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 07:00:49AM +0000, Magnus Therning wrote:
> > > I'd give Debian Etch a go.
> >
> > Second that.  Debian doesn't "just work" because you have to spend a little
> > while setting it up the way you'd want -- but then it never "just breaks".
> > _______________________________________________
> 
> Thanks Tom - yes, I think you've hit on the key point there. What's
> really getting me is the *Just Breaks* aspect. I hopefully have enough
> knowledge and experience to get things working and setup correctly,
> but then I just want them to *stay* that way. When things just
> randomly break, I start to wallow in despair.

Then Debian's the distro for you I think.  If you want any help getting it
set up feel free to post here and I'll be happy to help.  I don't know much
about KDE, GNOME and other "consumer" style environments, mind you.

Tom