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How do you use debian?

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For what use do you use debian?

server
14
15%
desktop
82
85%
 
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kenny
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How do you use debian?

#1 Post by kenny »

I was curious :) I recently tried debian after trying a lot of others and found it very customizable
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Re: How do you use debian?

#2 Post by thamarok »

kenny wrote:I was curious :) I recently tried debian after trying a lot of others and found it very customizable
Actually I use Debian for a desktop, server and a multimedia workstation. I have three different kernels (each optimized and configured for it's special use) on the same machine and when I boot up, I just take one of the kernels for doing specific stuff..

For example, I use the normal kernel for desktop usage, and my friend made me an optimized kernel for servers and I use a multimedia kernel from DeMuDi.

But I voted for desktop as that is the one I use most of the time.
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#3 Post by brain »

Both, but I checked desktop
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#4 Post by ghostdawg »

As a desktop...a great one at that!
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#5 Post by divine-nature »

as a desktop just to try out the fluxbox thingy and only got one pc so no can do the server part which is a shame.
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#6 Post by sleepyEDB »

Can you make a choice for 'both'? I'm pretty sure you'd get a good number of votes with that one. :)


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#7 Post by Lavene »

One desktop, one laptop and one server :)
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#8 Post by Kurt` »

Ahh, I'm the only one to click server so far. :(
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#9 Post by ajdlinux »

For an OS which is so often used for servers, it's interesting to see this poll.....

I suppose we have an imbalanced group here though.
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#10 Post by thamarok »

Kurt` wrote:Ahh, I'm the only one to click server so far. :(
Don't worry, there are lots of people using Debian for servers, but usually they manage the server in a Desktop Environment, so then both Server and Desktop would hit the point.
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#11 Post by amc »

both here, too
i use it as a desktop system, but i got and an apache for fast file transfer :D
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#12 Post by StarMonkey »

servers here, the only linux desktop i have is kubuntu (it was etch until the hard drive died on friday, and i thought it'd be quicker just to boot a kubuntu cd to get it up and running again)
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#13 Post by _FOCUS_ »

As Desktop. I love deb. Realy Os. Time to time linux made me windows hater
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something wrong

#14 Post by b4k4 »

This poll can't be right. Of course we all use Debian for servers. That's its strength. On the desktop we use Ubuntu don't we?
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#15 Post by thamarok »

This can be true. While there are a lot of Debian servers running, many people still use Debian as a desktop. In the times of Sarge, there were more Debian servers, and many people went over to Ubuntu to have a Debian-based desktop.

But now, even if there is Ubuntu, many many people use Debian (mostly Etch) as a desktop.

I might be wrong here, but that's what I was thinking about this...
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Re: something wrong

#16 Post by DeanLinkous »

b4k4 wrote: On the desktop we use Ubuntu don't we?
Of course we do! Does debian even have a desktop? :D
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#17 Post by shoof »

should have an option for everything?

I use it on laptop, home desktop, work desktop. All but 2 servers at work are running Debian now.
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Re: How do you use debian?

#18 Post by al3xanr0 »

kenny wrote:I was curious :) I recently tried debian after trying a lot of others and found it very customizable
I've been using it since Sarge. I too have used others (no surprise there) I find that they are all customisable to some degree; however, software availability and manageability coupled with environment usability and stability make Debian the premier choice as far as I am concerned. I could certainly bash other distros but it is rather pointless. I use what experience tells me is suitable.

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#19 Post by hcgtv »

I use it for both a server and workstation.

Sarge has worked flawlessly on my web server, Etch is running great on my local file server that doubles as a workstation.
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#20 Post by SNN »

I would mainly use Debian as a server. Linux ownz at hosting, windows stinks, trust me I've tried :p
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