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4 months ago I bought a new and expensive computer. I was using Ubuntu with Gnome for 5 years (now I was with Gnome 3).

Yesterday my LibreOffice crashed, then I had to kill Java, then the graphical environment freezes, then reboot without graphical acceleration, report bug to nvidea... every week I have a really hard crash in some application. I decided to change.

I like (but maybe I could change this list):

  • gnome 3
  • last version of Firefox
  • to play .avi (and whatever)
  • steam for linux
  • to program
  • vim & ssh
  • dropbox

I dont like

  • Reboot my system
  • service lighdm restart
  • compiz crashes
  • alt+print+k
  • reinstall the system

I was thinking to try Debian, Fedora, Mint, Gentoo and Arch.

What should I choose? I think Debian is the more stable one, but is maybe too much?

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This is half ranting about Ubuntu, half asking for a distro that runs Firefox and plays movies, which is all of them. Every distro you listed here is stable, including Ubuntu, so you might want to look into why things are crashing instead of assuming Ubuntu is broken – Michael Mrozek♦ Dec 8 '12 at 2:43
Debian is the one to choose if you want stability – user3539 Dec 8 '12 at 3:46
@MichaelMrozek Of course all are stable, but not in the same level LMDE uses Debian-testing reository, if I install Debian I will use Debian stable. I'm not ranting about Ubuntu (actually I could complain a lot about Unity and I've never use it more than 1 month), I'm just saying that after a long time using it I want to change and know if there is maybe other stable distribution with more integration of the desktop that I use (with this I mean, that eclise dont get buggy with the default theme, or the panel or sth like that, this bugs that have "Low" importance in launchpad, but annoys me) – Freefri Dec 8 '12 at 13:01

closed as not constructive by jasonwryan, Michael Mrozek♦ Dec 8 '12 at 2:43

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