On 4/20/05, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So IMHO there is something for everyone in debian and people should be > less obsessed with release cycles.
I run several systems at home, and until recently I had a pretty narrow internet connection. So running testing with daily downloads between 5 and 50 MB per day per system was just not an option. On the other hand, stable only has about half of the applications that I need on my desktops, so it is not an option either. I did run stable with lots of backports at some point, but several backports will inevitably become incompatible, and resolving the conflicts is a pain. So I ended up running an old snapshot of testing. Which of course means that I ran outdated software, and got no fixes for it whatsoever. The one main reason that is driving my to ubuntu is, yes, debian's release cycle. And it has nothing to do with obsession, but everything with necessity. And so far, the migration has been a very pleasant surprise. Thomas
