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		tcdent on Dec 8, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Richard Stallman calls Ubuntu “spyware” because it... I know this could go on, but I think Debian should be mentioned. The Ubuntu team themselves refer to it as "the rock upon which Ubuntu is built." http://www.debian.org/

tsahyt on Dec 8, 2012 | [–]

Debian is a great distribution. In fact, my first Linux was a Debian and I'm still running it on the server. On the desktop I'm using Fedora though - for no obvious reasons. It's just the one I stopped with when I was trying out distros.

zalew on Dec 8, 2012 | [–]

it's also the rock most of websites are sitting on.

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