Comments on: Debian GNU/Linux http://osliving.com/web/operating-systems/debian-gnulinux/ Open Source resources, community and discussion. Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:12:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Brett Poole http://osliving.com/web/operating-systems/debian-gnulinux/#comment-49 Brett Poole Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:48:50 +0000 http://osliving.com/web/operating-systems/debian-gnulinux/#comment-49 A great <i>beginner's to advanced</i> distro. I'd already played with Slack before this, and this is way easier mainly due to the built-in package manager "apt"(short for Advanced Package Tool, see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Packaging_Tool" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia's entry for APT</a> for more info) The stock install has everything a web designer needs except the flash plugin for Firefox(which is explained on <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer" rel="nofollow">Debian's Wiki</a>) It comes with all the standard software like <a href="http://www.gimp.org/" rel="nofollow">The Gimp</a>, a good selection of text editors, and some really crafty administration tools. One thing I really didn't like is on a fresh install new applications are granted root access by default once the root password has been entered once. This is easily disabled, however I believe that is a dangerous practice. Also the iptables are empty. However the high level of customization pretty much guarantees that you can end up with the perfect setup for Web Design, Image Editing, but Video Editing was cumbersome. For a quick throw-together you can't beat the convenience of Debian. For servers, however I'd still go with FreeBSD/OpenBSD. A great beginner’s to advanced distro. I’d already played with Slack before this, and this is way easier mainly due to the built-in package manager “apt”(short for Advanced Package Tool, see Wikipedia’s entry for APT for more info)

The stock install has everything a web designer needs except the flash plugin for Firefox(which is explained on Debian’s Wiki) It comes with all the standard software like The Gimp, a good selection of text editors, and some really crafty administration tools.

One thing I really didn’t like is on a fresh install new applications are granted root access by default once the root password has been entered once. This is easily disabled, however I believe that is a dangerous practice. Also the iptables are empty. However the high level of customization pretty much guarantees that you can end up with the perfect setup for Web Design, Image Editing, but Video Editing was cumbersome. For a quick throw-together you can’t beat the convenience of Debian. For servers, however I’d still go with FreeBSD/OpenBSD.

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