On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Rick Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been using Debian Testing for some time now and I have used Sid in the > past. I did, of course, encounter Sid's 'unstable' nature from time to time > but not so with testing. The problem of old packages is history and I have > no major issues of stability or bugs. The fact that it is a 'rolling > release' means that you 'apt-get dist-upgrade' periodically and you never > have old packages. ;) > I was never happy with either testing or unstable. Testing was just a tad too old and unstable was just a little too unstable. I spent a lot of time with apt pinning and had a release somewhere in between the two. Ubuntu originally fit this gap perfectly for me.
Of course things have greatly improved over the last 5 years, and I am finding that Ubuntu LTS and Debian stable work great for about 90% of my needs now. > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Rick Johnson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I noticed Debian is conspicuously absent from your list here. Would have >> > answered all the problems you've described here I think. Ubuntu tends to >> > be >> > rushed out the door in my opinion and usually has problems. Gentoo, >> > well... >> > who the hell has that much time on their hands to piss away? Debian is >> > always rock-solid and quick. Even the Mint folks admit on their site >> > that >> > the new Debian-based version is quicker and more stable than the >> > Ubuntu-based. ;) >> >> I have long been a fan of Debian. I switched to Ubuntu because it >> originally "corrected" my biggest complaints with Debian, namely the >> over conservative nature which lead to really stale packages and >> significant lag when compared to upstream. Now it seems that the only >> Ubuntu worth running is the LTS editions, with the others being >> nothing more than buggy betas that do not have time to stabilize >> before they are replaced. >> >> I think that I fast coming back to the Debian camp. >> >> The reviews made for an interesting read. I do not share most his >> conclusions (I think he really comes down hard on Fedora, I don't mind >> yum at all). Also Gentoo does not require you to compile of >> everything if you don't want to. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
