who is better?sabayon or debian testing?

[PietroTux88]

who is better?sabayon or debian testing?

[throdon]

Do you want Bleeding Edge based off of Gentoo or Outdated Stable crap from a year ago based off of Debian.

If you Google it You will find that Debian is a Solid Rock of a distro while Sabayon/Gentoo is more for Newest package enthusiasts.

[ve9cbc]

From my perspective: if you want stability with not many hassles, then Debian-based are the distros for you. However: if you don't mind getting your feet 'wet' , having state-of-the-art technology, a rolling-release rather than downloading a DVD each time a new version comes out - then Sabayon is an excellent choice. And besides - the people here in the forums are polite and very knowledgeable. Sabayon is truly a distro worth sinking your teeth into - your knowledge grows as it grows. That's my 1 1/2 cents worth!

[friTTe]

Agree on both speakers above =)
You can turn your Debian into bleeding edge but know if its worth the hazzle, been running both Stable and Bleeding Debian myself.
I would say you burn a cd of both Debian and Sabayon and give them a spin in Livemode.

[wolfden]

The one that works best for you of course

[BHReach]

I think the OP is asking if Sabayon is more stable than the Debian testing branch. Debian has stable, testing, unstable and possible others. IFAIK Sabayon uses Gentoo stable branch which should be at least as stable as Debian testing.

[Fitzcarraldo]

IFAIK Sabayon uses Gentoo stable branch which should be at least as stable as Debian testing.

SL uses Gentoo testing/unstable branches, i.e. KEYWORDS ~x86 and ~amd64, as opposed to x86 and amd64.

[BHReach]

I guess that means Debian testing is more stable than Sabayon.

Do you know why they do that? The Gentoo handbook recommends using the stable branch.

[throdon]

Debian is stable by design, It is also not as current as bleeding edge by design.

Sabayon is Stable even though it uses Gentoo testing because of lxnay and his team have made it so.

On a further note to compare from distrowatch
Debian http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=debian
kernel 2.6.32

Sabayon http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=sabayon
kernel 3.0

Gentoo http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=gentoo
kernel 3.1.6

Crunch-bang which is based off of Debian http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=crunchbang
kernel 2.6.39

all kernels are the latest stable according to distrowatch except crunch-bang which is from the November release.

on a further note KDE is at 4.7.4 Sabayon is at 4.7.1 and Debian is at 4.4.5 Which I believe KDE puts out a minor version (ie 4.4 to 4.5) every six months so by that calculation Debian has a super stable KDE that is at least 18 months behind bleeding edge Sabayon.

[batvink]

The one that works best for you of course

I agree with wolfden.

It's hard to tell which is "better", ... linux in common is very good.
The choice you make, depends on your interests, hardware, and usage.

Sabayon indeed uses Gentoo-unstable, but i find it "awfully stable"
as Throdon says, because of Lxnay and the develop team.
They're doing an excellent job.