Fewer Broken Pieces

This week I decided to abandon the too-time-consuming-for-me Gentoo and switch to a binary-based GNU/Linux distribution. Of the options which appealed to me, only Fedora and Debian had official PowerPC support. I ended up going with Debian.

At first I installed the stable Etch (4.0) tem but soon found myself longing for the more recent versions of some of my favorite software (Pidgin, Claws Mail, Transmission). So I switched over to the testing Lenny branch (5.0), which is working quite well for me. The default Gnome install is a bit heavy for my 350 MHz G3, but I am getting on well enough.

So it seems I have found a new Linux home, as it were. Yes, Debian had a rather colossal screwup with SSL recently, and yes, it is not as exciting as its progeny Ubuntu. However, one of the things I really appreciate about Debian is its outspoken support for Free Software. Add that to a system that does everything I need (word processing, web, email, games, amateur radio, chat, etc.), and I am in heaven.