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Why Use Debian?

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If you haven’t tried Debian, or tried it and got frustrated, I encourage you to give it another look. In my not-very-humble opinion, it has a number of strengths over RPM-based systems: • Superior package management and quality control • Runs on more hardware architectures than any other Linux • Translated into more languages than any other Linux • Separates Free and Non-Free packages into separate archives, giving users easy selection control • Largest official package archives (currently over 15,000) • You can upgrade a Debian system continuously and indefinitely, without ever needing to reformat and reinstall Usually the largest obstacle to new Debian users is the installer. The old installer was tedious and time-consuming. The much-vaunted new Sarge installer, released this year, is a huge improvement, but it still has a few rough edges. (It also has some advanced abilities not found in any other Linux installer, which will be covered in a future article.) Once you get past that sy

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