In The Debian Way (1)

As to Linux, I am absolutely a Distribution Collector. Up to now, I've tried a large quantity of them,namely, Red hat, Debian, Slackware,Arch Linux. Plus once a FreeBSD but failed.

A few weeks ago, i lost all my data on my hard drive, because I made a silly mistake in editing the partition table and I've got no idea about how to recover or keep part of my data. Eventually I got it repartitioned, and began to install Windows on it.

A few days later, I realized that I need to have Linux back,so that i could edit my Babylon dictionary files with the powerful stream editor Sed, which is designed for the open source operation systems. (Now I learned that is has a Win32 version named as Gnu32-Sed). So I began to think about the choice among a number of distros.

The first thing came to me was Redhat, however, i rejected this idea in 5 seconds.
Firstly, my computer won't be capable to run the huge monster.
Secondly, I knew the apt system better that the RPM system,although apt is also available on the RedHat platform.
Thirdly, I have to download 4 cds in one time. It would be rather time-consuming.

So I began to think of its alternatives.Fortunately, without it ,i still have a lot to choose from.How about Arch? It's pretty fast however rather simple. I like simple things but never for computer operating system. Then how about Slackware? Then I must be fed up by the time wasted to search for a configuration file to edit. I like gui-based configure tools better.Without them I will lose my patience.

Then, eventually, i choose Debian again. The distro I've trusted for the most of the times I decided to get a Linux on my pc.

Today, the post in about why I choose Debian,or its advantages. My next post will be about the installation and configuration of it,which may be regarded as a basic tutorial.

To Be Continued...

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