if Debian is often looked at as one of the leaders in stability and community, why aren't more people using it? Jack Wallen draws his own conclusions.



From TechRepublic:

This is a question that I've been recently asking myself. Within the Linux crowd, Debian is often looked upon as one of the leaders in stability and community. If you download and try the latest live distribution, you'll find it looks pretty much like every standard desktop Linux (with a choice of GNOME, KDE, LXDE, or XFCE desktops). It's fast, it's reliable... so what gives?

Why in the world would a distribution that Ubuntu is based on not stand at the top of the pop charts of Linux distributions? I decided to run the latest iteration to see if I could draw any conclusions.

  Why aren't more people using Debian?