Lee Glidewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Monday 10 March 2008 07:54:32 pm Rich Healey wrote: >> For what it's worth, I'm proud of you guys. >> >> I do volunteer work for a much smaller project, and it's hard but >> satisfying. > > +1. > > Given that Debian is maintained by volunteers, and that it has one of > the largest repositories among the GNU/Linux distros, I think that > the maintainers have earned whatever pride they feel, and probably > more.
Count me in too. There are lots of reasons to be proud of Debian and long-term support is definitely one of them. I am pretty sure the other distributions have things to be proud of too, but I'm afraid none of them are able to compete with Debian when it comes to long-term support. If we consider Redhat: The oldest release they support (according to http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/ ) is RHEL 2.1, released May 17, 2002. Any RH system installed before this date is not supported, given this quote from the release notes ( https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-AS-2.1-Manual/release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES ): "- Support for upgrading to Red Hat Linux Advanced Server from a previous version of Red Hat Linux is not included with this product." I hope most people reading this list know that Debian has provided a supported upgrade path since long before May 17, 2002. Personally, I am proud of the choice I made in 2001, installing Debian potato on a number of servers instead of the vendor-recommended RH 7.1. This has ensured that these servers still have security support without ever having to be reinstalled. Bjørn -- You sound like a real weakling -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]