(This is hopefully a non-cheesy comparison. Most comparisons on the internet seem to be brimming with filler words, and this is my delta.)
apt
packagesman gcc
does
not work on Debian!I’m sorry, you may want to close your ears now, I want a distribution to be easy to install, so that I can just get on with my life, which is mostly kernel.
… I’ve tried Ubuntu a couple of times over the years, mainly because the thing Ubuntu did so well was make Debian usable.
~ Linus Torvalds, 2007
- I’m sure it’s much easier now.
Linus Torvalds, 2011
snap
s for Firefox and Thunderbird, I don’t know
why.Enter
starts installing GNOME without
asking for confirmation.apt install gnome
or
sudo tasksel
.man gcc
and well-meaning FOSS that isn’t free by Debian
standards (the DFSG)iitk-sec
but doesn’t let you choose a mirror./home
is on a
separate partition. Ubuntu and Debian can share it, and migrating will
be easier.man mount
/home
./etc/fstab
($ man fstab
).
Use the nofail
option, else errors might be fatal.pandoc
.