It is a bit sad to me that there are so many other great distros out there and yet Ubuntu is getting pushed. Their track record sucks as a stable distro. With only one in three releases being very stable that makes them not much better then MS Windows in my book. There are so many other distros that actually release a stable product but since Ubuntu has the advertizing buck, that is what is pushed. Makes me a bit sick actually. I hope their move to Debian's testing branch instead of Debian's unstable branch makes a difference for them as their work is embarrassing to the open-source community currently.

I heard that Linux Mint Debian is a rolling distribution based on debian testing.

The Linux Action Show podcast gave it a positive review.

Rolling as in rolling-release? Like Arch? I likes the sound of that...

May have to try it out.

If you like to update to the latest stuff on a regular basis, you should check out Gentoo. I update about every day or two. The install can be fun tho. It's not a GUI. You also have to compile everything from source.

Quote from distrowatch:

They are still only a business selling a substandard product to computer iliterate users (but people are learning quick!!!)
Of course ! but the power of linux is that it is FREE (both from money and political control) and very very very reliable, which is why LINUX is the most popular embedded OS, you will find it in almost all mission critical systems from the nuclear industry to NASA and it is growing at an exponential rate in popularity, mostly in the professional world, linux can run on more hardware platforms than M$, take the embedded king 'ARM' which is the worlds number one embedded chip, you have one in your phone and probably in your flatscreen TV and linux runs perfectly well, windows CE is just too slow.

The domestic market will come soon, but for now linux is penetrating the embedded world
Thanks.

Let's just hope that M$ keep their grubby little fingers off this niche. But, knowing M$, it wouldn't surprise me if they try.

I remember when the Asus EEEpc came out with linux and it did very well.

M$ saw dollar signs dance on their heads and probably made a sweet deal with Asus to install window$ XP instead.

Oh well, que sara sara...

So the Eee PC doesn't come with Linux any more?

Almost non-existent. Today, you will find the majority of Asus EEEPCs with window$ 7.

I specifically looked forever back in 2008 to specifically ensure that my Acer Aspire One came with Linux.

And my desktop? I built it the same way others might build a Hackintosh, but with the OS to ensure compatibility with in question being Linux, not Mac OS X.

This is an example for you, my friends!

I don't understand.

Anyway, at least I don't have to worry about that because I build my own PC. I find it downright strange that you can't buy computers without any OS.

I had an AAOD250, and I had so many problems with it...
- On random occasions, my Ethernet wouldn't show up in the BIOS, so I couldn't use it in any OS.
- The battery would not charge past 70%.
- Terrible build quality.
- The HDD bay screws are too fragile.
- Even in Linux, the Intel Atom is way too underpowered.

I recently sold my AAOD250 and opted for a new MacBook Pro and have been a happier person ever since. With the MCP89 kernel patch for 7,1 MBP , Linux runs almost perfectly on the system. (With some minor tweaks.)

I have heard good reviews from the LMDE users that I have come across. I haven't tried it myself but they claim it is now lighting fast, stable as the day is long and such things. Also, unlike Ubuntu, supposedly it is 100% compatible with the Debian testing repo. Sounds impressive anyway.

Only thing about LMDE that's a little off is that VB Guest Additions don't work...

...other than that, everything's great!

Seriously though, I haven't had the chance to try it out on real hardware...I don't feel like burning yet another CD. I've got plenty of distros burned already (from when I was distro-hopping on my P4 2.8 GHz desktop ).

originally responding to:not quite desktop but various cell-fone companies advertise google android (which uses the linux kernel).