Well ok - everybody is saying just stick with gnome 1.4 so I'll use that one (or the fluxbox I recently installed) - thanks for the replies :-)
--- Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 02:24:29PM -0800, Joris > Huizer wrote: > > Just a quick question: > > Why is gnome 1.4 installed by default rather than > > gnome 2 ? Are there security reasons or whatever ? > > If you're using stable (woody?), then it's because > stable always lags > behind for the sake of stability and reliability. > This is normal. > > If you must be bleeding edge, then go with unstable > (sid), or if you > want to be ahead of the game but not part of the > lunatic fringe, try > testing (sarge). > > If you're a newbie, stick with stable, it'll give > you the least grief, > even if it's a little behind the times. Be sure you > have the Debian > security updates in your sources.list and > occasionally do > apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade && apt-get > autoclean > > -- > .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : :' : proud Debian admin and user > `. `'` > `- Debian - when you have better things to do > than to fix a system > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
