OpenGEU is publishing a poll, a very important one, from which the future of the distro will be decided. Please take your time to read the contents of the poll and vote, your vote will make the difference, literally, because we care about our users and we want to know which is your opinion! So, please, spend a second of your life voting :) For this release we had to work a lot, really a lot, on the iso, because of problems with Ubuntu Karmic. Ubuntu is going in a strange direction: it not only uses experimental features like XSplash, but often they choose to patch entire pieces of code just to make it work, specially when building the iso. To customize it we really had an hard time for Quarto di Luna, believe me, it never seemed to reach an end. In the future we'll have bigger problems too: reconstructor is dead, well, not really, but it's gone online with an unusable payment method for every upload / download you make. Try and see for yourself! If we had to build a future release using reconstructor we'd have to pay a lot of money, keep in mind that this iso has been built for something like 30 times before we reached an usable point!! In Debian there are some really good things to consider if we'll use Debian as we imagine: very updated software, more than Ubuntu actually, fresh and stable system, not fully patched and slowed down like Ubuntu... and no workarounds. What does it mean for you? Please read this BEFORE VOTING:
This migration will, in any case, take some time if we decide to do it. Maybe it will not be in time for the next Ubuntu, we'll have to create some tools from scratch to make you feel at home or convert Ubuntu tools to make them work with Debian (like Ubiquity for example)...
Make your choice please! Any comment is appreciated 
Comments: | |
| Megatron wrote: | 2011-11-22 10:15:13 |
| Proceed with Debian by all means...fuck slow and unstable Ubuntu. | |
| KarenPalen wrote: | 2011-08-25 18:30:49 |
| I don't run an OS, I run APPS! To me the big thing with Ubuntu is the huge library of Applications in the "Software Center"/Synaptic. If you can maintain that level of compatibility the I really don't care what makes it all run. | |
| egadzkykp wrote: | 2011-03-23 19:49:16 |
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| Iskandar wrote: | 2011-03-13 20:11:52 |
| My god, DEBIAN, of course. | |
| alchemyst wrote: | 2011-03-11 09:06:25 |
| I vote for debian | |
| nightgoblin wrote: | 2011-03-07 16:44:44 |
| I vote for Debian stable or testing branch. | |
| zotin wrote: | 2011-01-10 11:33:44 |
| please go for debian .. although i love ubuntu but then debian is the grandpa of all .. i vote for debian ..stable and friendly | |
| docere69 wrote: | 2011-01-05 09:43:25 |
| I vote for Debian.It's faster than ubuntu. | |
| Jota wrote: | 2010-11-18 16:32:27 |
| goo for Debian | |
| annoyingspore wrote: | 2010-09-09 06:28:32 |
| qlogic drivers arent available by default on debian, i think. at least on the one i used. but maybe not important for desktop. | |
| AntiAli wrote: | 2010-08-19 10:30:01 |
| I vote for Debian ... Of course, Debian is stable and programmer oriented (as Ali said) .... and that is why you should choose Debian ... 1. You can make anything you want, full control (and user friendly interface too) ... 2. Stable packages and kernel ... 3. You can make good longterm releases of OpenGED ... 4. Bugless system, no dirty patches ... 5. Good documentation ... Debian forever ... | |
| Ali wrote: | 2010-08-19 08:49:43 |
| I vote for ubuntu, Debian is good in terms of stability but is programmer oriented. Anyways the thing that lacks is addressed by you! Creative design, cool themes, etc. Its Not open source that matters and the philosophy attached to it, we all know few of the major open source softwares are backed by Big Corporations like Conanical, Novell, REDHAT and Oracle, I don't think they are in for it for the Philosophy. There is some money involved. Hehe anyways great Job! | |
| fear wrote: | 2010-08-18 21:33:51 |
| I vote for debian | |
| intrd.pwn wrote: | 2010-07-28 00:17:17 |
| Debian! Meta-packages with proprietary inclusions for drivers, firmware and other stuff would work. BTW, Debian has a decent GTK GUI for install, which I am sure can be defaulted to for install and it is surely quicker than going through all the BS of waiting for the Ubuntu GUI to stop stalling. Also, I have had issues even using Firefox on Ubuntu since 10.04 was released and though Nvidia drivers install from release 9.04 forward, they do nothing for me and I cannot run UT2003 & UT2004 or anything like that so that is a deal breaker for me. Customize Squeeze a bit, get it running tight and do a release. I will use it if it is not based on Ubuntu. Thanks | |
| Nick Djinn wrote: | 2010-07-23 09:17:22 |
| Hey!!! Here is a radical idea.... How about moving downstream from Mint instead of Ubuntu? I know that is kind of the opposite direction you were planning on taking, but when Mint is released they fix a lot of the bugs by default that Ubuntu requires patches for. It might save you a lot of work. They also have some useful tools that Ubuntu doesnt have. | |
| Nick Djinn wrote: | 2010-07-23 08:59:21 |
| The cool thing about Ubuntu over Debian is ease of installation and included drivers that Debian lacks.....Debian is obviously more stable. If you can replace yourself what Ubuntu provides by adding the drivers and codecs and programs that Ubuntu adds to Debian, and if adding them yourself is easier than dealing with their patches and bugs, then go for it......but if I have to compile drivers and codecs myself like I had to in Debian, that might be a deal breaker and I would drop "OpenGED".....but if you switch to Debian and add all those little codecs and drivers and make your own replacements for those little things that make Ubuntu easier or Mint easier....DO IT! Just dont leave us hanging or expect new users to be quite on the level of being able to compile software like Debian users do. | |
| Nick Djinn wrote: | 2010-07-23 08:53:27 |
| I am ok with the switch as long as you make the Ubuntu apps available by adding their repositories. There are some features in Ubuntu and Mint that I like. If basing your distro off Debian means that it will no longer crash when I dual boot with Mint, then I am for it 110%....see if you can fix that problem with the dual booting other Ubuntu distros. What is that app called that opens the pie chart things instead of windows lists? I would love to know what that is and see if I could install it on my other systems. If anyone knows please message me at Nick_Jinn@yahoo.com | |
| Orphen wrote: | 2010-07-22 07:29:14 |
| Debian es una gran opción para Basar OpenGeu :D me parece una fantástica opción además no dependen de un limite de tiempo entre versión y versión lo que permite mayor seguridad (y tranquilidad) en la futuras versiones I think that Debian is a great choice for OpenGEU Base :D also not dependent on a limited amount of time between releases and allowing greater security (and relax) in the next latest version [sorry I not speak english] | |
| jorge wrote: | 2010-07-17 00:39:43 |
| muy bien debian es sinonimo de estabilidad E17 es genial larga vida a opengeu felicidades sigan trabajando saludos desde venezuela | |
| argon wrote: | 2010-05-31 13:43:11 |
| Ubuntu is not the way to go. People that use Debian unstable should expect problems ( squeeze is listed as unstable ). I personally dislike ubuntu and like Debian. So dumping ubuntu completely is what I would vote for. | |
| Redhishan wrote: | 2010-05-30 14:14:33 |
| Debian actually is awesome, a stable and very updated system. And Ubuntu is taking the advantages of it, so why not OpenGEU! I personally think this is a really good step for OpenGEU, but rebuilding it from base is really hard work... | |
| memet wrote: | 2010-05-16 14:39:37 |
| Building on Debian would be easier than trying to solve the bugs of Ubuntu, wouldn't it? | |
| kamalausri cs wrote: | 2010-05-14 04:54:27 |
| definately it is an excellent step. e17 and kde should be maintained.at the same ubuntu packages installation support should be maintained. and if provide an oppurtunity to install slax modules it will be nice. | |
| andfer76 wrote: | 2010-05-13 03:47:04 |
| I have understood that Debian is more stable than ubuntu, if this change ensures that the upgrade will not damage the already installed GO! an observation, I saw that on debian are some problems to look for updates of video cards (for example) this is a tip by which they can take advantage when you migrate to debian improving third-party updates ... congratulations on the change ... | |
| rostov79 wrote: | 2010-04-27 12:05:40 |
| I think debian is the best option, increasingly more suspicious of ubuntu, greetings from Mexico. congratulations on your project, it looks very promising | |
| rostov79 wrote: | 2010-04-27 12:01:46 |
| I think debian is the best option, increasingly entrusting more than ubuntu, greetings from Mexico. congratulations on your project, it looks very promising | |
| Euclid wrote: | 2010-04-23 18:54:19 |
| Great suggestion! :) | |
| VARGUX wrote: | 2010-04-22 07:42:18 |
| OpenGEU .... change to OpenGED ? D of Debian of course !!! You have to change to Debian because you can administrate all that you want... maybe initially will be more hard job, but long-term, you get more adaptability... Regards from Chile, south america. | |
| In A Minority Here wrote: | 2010-04-18 22:47:24 |
| Sounds like you already made up your mind, so I'm not sure why you are asking. I use both Ubuntu and Debian, and I prefer Ubuntu, even though it may be more bloated. The reason for my preference....I use squeeze and updates often break the whole system, rendering it inoperable. Then I must start from scratch. If that is what you are after then go for it. Everyone seems to be making the jump away from the 'buntus these days (Chrunchbang & Mepis, among others). I say dare to be different. Ubuntu is the way to go, at least for now, as the 10.04 release will have LTS support and I hear great things about it. FYI: I am unaffiliated with either distribution. I just know what I like. Respectfully, | |
| cryptkeeper wrote: | 2010-04-14 22:16:50 |
| you should have done this change long time ago, soo long time.... | |
| civko wrote: | 2010-04-09 23:57:17 |
| I'm also using Debian based Elive and it works fine. Only thing that bothers in Elive is that programs don't get updated, which is totally different in Ubuntu. But if having so much truble building OpenGEU on Ubuntu than best choice is moving to Debian :) | |
| Ivan wrote: | 2010-04-09 14:34:39 |
| Debian is a fine solution, maybe the best :) Greetings from Serbia! | |
| Slex wrote: | 2010-04-07 11:21:28 |
| Meglio debian, la testing per avere software un po più aggiornato. Dico così perchè spesso faccio uso di software come qemu e non è bello leggere nella documentazione che la vecchia versione non supporta in configurazione particolare e di compilare non se ne parle perchè andrebbero ricompilate tutte le dipendenze (non nel caso di qemu, ma nel caso si altro software si). | |
| joseph wrote: | 2010-04-05 01:34:15 |
| debian, of course | |
| Andrés wrote: | 2010-04-03 15:39:27 |
| The better choice is Debian, no doubt. Greetings from Chile. | |
| wayman wrote: | 2010-03-31 08:53:58 |
| follow debian stable,follow ubuntu LTS.... | |
| adam wrote: | 2010-03-31 07:15:27 |
| I'm all for speed and stability. If that means Debian, then great; go for it! | |
| Herman wrote: | 2010-03-29 01:11:08 |
| Non sarebbe male una distribuzione italiana basata su Debian! voto Debian per la sua stabilità; anche se alla Debian, che si rifiuta di offrire un unico liveCD+installer, ed è un po' troppo rigorosa su certi aspetti, preferisco le distro sue derivate (tranne Ubuntu). Ubuntu è abbastanza semplice da usare, ma è troppo instabile: a volte, inspiegabilmete, c'è qualcosa (anche di importante, per es. l'audio!!) che smette di funzionare (con Jaunty, soltanto dopo mesi di ricerche ho potuto risolvere una fastidiosa perdita dell'audio a ogni avvio del pc!), e per una distro che sostiene di guardare a un'utenza "normale" in fuga da Windows, simili defaillance sono imperdonabili!! Nonostante ciò, tutto sommato fino alla Jaunty sono rimasto abbastanza soddisfatto di Ubuntu... ma il passaggio alla Karmic è stato traumatico per il mio vecchio pc! a cominciare dalla grafica, che proprio non va! spesso ho avuto l'impressione che mi prendessero in giro; forse continuerò a usare ancora per un po' la LTS, ma poi basta Ubuntu! | |
| Kevin369 wrote: | 2010-03-17 00:06:34 |
| I use Debian Lenny and i love it, i have Elive 2.0 Topaz installed in other partition, it is very pretty and fast, all Debian power whith enlightenment. I think you should do the change for the better. | |
| Kevin369 wrote: | 2010-03-16 23:55:04 |
| I prefere Debian, it is fast, stable, secure and highly configurable. Have you seen Elive 2.0 Codename Topaz it is amazing and it's Debian based, you should do it. Go Debian GNU/Linux | |
| Buntu user wrote: | 2010-03-13 19:01:34 |
| Go Debian. More stability and less crashes means easier for newbies like myself, and I am sure you will make it as updated and modern as can be!. | |
| JasonDalmond wrote: | 2010-03-10 02:23:52 |
| Well, I guess author's shown more pros than cons, though I myself use Ubuntu and love it, I would say Go Debian. I guess it's a move to a new horizon of stability. | |
| TeslaSRB wrote: | 2010-03-10 01:22:09 |
| Well first of all big greetz for work soo far...In my oppinion Debian is best choise ever made in openGEU. I try OpenGEU (Based on Ubuntu) and try e17 on a Debian and seems to me that work better on Debian than ubuntu. Also I try e17 on Slackware compile from source and work great...If this is my choice than Debian... Big regards by Dragan from Serbia... | |
| tehelim wrote: | 2010-03-07 00:34:14 |
| me and many people think that Debian is better. New version every 6 months does'n matter. Quality is first. Vote for Debian, far, very far | |
| Bytemare wrote: | 2010-03-05 22:33:00 |
| The best thing is a long time support, and no need to reinstall every half a year. So switch to debian. A stable long time support distro with E17 will be great! | |
| NNisa wrote: | 2010-03-03 21:16:38 |
| Go Debian. Learn what you can from the good things ubuntu has but the ubuntu recent partnerships and Canonical's every day more corporate approach made me go away from what started to be a great distro. Still being Ubuntu Debian dependent going Ubuntu will make you Ubuntu_and_Debian dependent. which is a lot of uncontrolled and unforeseen varibles... | |
| DDuck wrote: | 2010-03-01 16:30:26 |
| *Go Debian* and please give a look at smxi from http://smxi.org/ as a viable support for keeping the whole system always updated without much troubles, if any. Just my two cents, of course, but I found it a wonderful tool to make my life easier with Debian. | |
| Dader wrote: | 2010-02-28 01:46:42 |
| Oh god !! Switching to Debian !!! That's one more dream coming true !! | |
| Squirrel wrote: | 2010-02-26 20:25:47 |
| I used Debian for several years and never regret. Presently I have elive installed. It's E17 Debian based. Great! I like Open GEU very well and thanks for this fantastic Distro. But I also see the Ubuntu problems. Do it! Change to Debian for more stability and less problems. You will never regret. | |
| rusty815 wrote: | 2010-02-26 15:43:37 |
| switching to debian is a great idea, i am a moderator for eeebuntu, which recently made the switch from a ubuntu core to debian, and it is great, having a debian distro with e17 based off of debian sid would be spectacular. | |
| Mandy wrote: | 2010-02-26 01:27:29 |
| I agree. OpenGEU based on Debian is much better choice. Go ahead. Cheers | |
| jxn wrote: | 2010-02-23 22:14:08 |
| Debian sounds like a good move; I am now using elive, which is debian-based, and it runs very quickly and smoothly compared to my old ubuntu+e17 operation. I have not had the guts to try opengeu yet (the gnome-bit keeps me away just a bit), but I would be sure to give it a go if a debian version became available). | |
| Kitty Nakajima wrote: | 2010-02-22 05:22:20 |
| Goodness... That was not suppose to happen... Go OpenGEU!!! | |
| Kitty Nakajima wrote: | 2010-02-22 05:20:47 |
| Go Debian. We may be the users. But you are the creators. I do not wish you to hurt yourselves because of us, for any means. We appreciate you very much... Those that love what you do will follow you anywhere... I know I will. Bless all of you... | |
| Kitty Nakajima wrote: | 2010-02-22 05:20:00 |
| Go Debian. We may be the users. But you are the creators. I do not wish you to hurt yourselves because of us, for any means. We appreciate you very much... Those that love what you do will follow you anywhere... I know I will. Bless all of you... | |
| Kitty Nakajima wrote: | 2010-02-22 05:19:16 |
| Go Debian. We may be the users. But you are the creators. I do not wish you to hurt yourselves because of us, for any means. We appreciate you very much... Those that love what you do will follow you anywhere... I know I will. Bless all of you... | |
| Srihari wrote: | 2010-02-18 05:32:19 |
| Ubuntu nowadays is experimenting lot of stuff and stability is going low. OpenGEU based on Debian is much better choice. And thanks for all the good work that you are doing. | |
| david wrote: | 2010-02-17 23:45:03 |
| Will there still be an 9.10 ISO anytime soon? | |
| quaker wrote: | 2010-02-15 21:58:51 |
| good to see my new shoutbox script works as it should :) | |
| TheDarkMaster wrote: | 2010-02-15 20:44:00 |
| Thanks to u for following us, SS :) | |
| SS wrote: | 2010-02-15 19:00:14 |
| The move to Debian would be very beneficial both for you and for users. Debian is much more stable and the launch of their versions are not as constant as those of ubuntu. I want to thank the excellent work done in OpenGEU. | |
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