Ubuntu Minimal or Debian Net inst

Elvish Legion · 07-28-2010, 07:58 PM

I'm curious about the difference in the two of these. I know Arch is often totted as the 'more advanced users' distro that you build from the ground up. But I didn't care to much for Arch, I've tried it a few times and just don't care for it, I really enjoy Debian based distros, which brings me to my question.

Ubuntu has a really large community and its a very nice distro, it just has a lot of fat added in to make it more user friendly. Thats fine and dandy but I'm curious about doing a CLI install and just installing the packages I need (a la Debian Net install)

What are the pros and cons of doing this over just using the Debian net install and going from there? I know the Ubuntu forums have more posts but I'd venture a guess most of them are duplicate or even triplicate "this doesnt work" posts

I'm personally leaning towards Debian, as it seems if you are going to do the work you might as well go with the foundation

rokytnji · 07-28-2010, 08:03 PM

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I'm personally leaning towards Debian, as it seems if you are going to do the work you might as well go with the foundation

sounds like you already know what you wan't to do.

My Cli Install using Squeeze and Sid repos with sxmi was to use

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...core-iso-2953/

the trooper · 07-29-2010, 11:39 AM

Take a lesson from the master:

http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=13362

I'm not the 'master' by the way

Gonzalo_VC · 08-03-2010, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Elvish Legion

I'm curious about the difference in the two of these. I know Arch is often totted as the 'more advanced users' distro that you build from the ground up. But I didn't care to much for Arch, I've tried it a few times and just don't care for it, I really enjoy Debian based distros, which brings me to my question.
Ubuntu has a really large community and its a very nice distro, it just has a lot of fat added in to make it more user friendly. Thats fine and dandy but I'm curious about doing a CLI install and just installing the packages I need (a la Debian Net install)
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I think Debian net install, or Ubuntu similar, are mented to be installed withow demanding too much hardware and maybe time. But once installed (at least for Ubuntu), you will have to install the graphic environment also manually.
I have never used Arch, but am a big fan of the Debian family and recoment. Debian is a little more needy in customization and configuration, but once you are done, its rock-solid. Ubuntu is more friendly in this sense, yes.