wpeckham |
05-10-2017 09:38 AM |
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Originally Posted by mrmazda
(Post 5708495)
Am I the only one here who sees any problem at all with recommending to a newbie asking for "simple" a rolling release distro that is based on another rolling release distro? It seems to me high stability ought to at least be mentioned as a possible component of "simple", if not asserted as an elementary component.
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Stability matters, but that was not what the OP asked.
Many of these minimal distributions are more locked down and stable than the parent distributions, in part BECAUSE they have fewer parts to break and fewer packages installed by default.
I cannot recall the last time anyone broke Puppy or TinyCore (or DSL=Damn Small Linux for that matter).
Elementary OS, Lubuntu, and Mint are based mostly on Ubuntu, and I have heard fewer stability concerns expressed about them than about Ubuntu. MintDE, Q4OS, and Sparky Linux are very strongly based on Debian yet are even more stable. (Though Sparky is a bit higher risk than the other two, as it is more cutting edge.)
I can think of some distributions that DO have stability issues from time to time, but no one here has recommended any of those. An nice indicator concerning the quality of this community, I believe.
The factor here is "simple" is more likely to apply to a smaller spin-off of a larger distribution. That rather makes the suggestions more inevitable than problematic.
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