On 9/27/07, Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I started using Linux with FC2 (or FC3 maybe) and was just thrilled with it > (with Linux, really). Then I got annoyed with FC's bleeding edge software and > also decided that I shouldn't have to reinstall every 6 months in order to > stay > current. That's when I started using Debian (and was thrilled all over > again). > Now reinstalling is unnecessary and I can get as close to the bleeding edge as > I want by using whichever distribution (stable, testing, or unstable).
I left Red Hat (pre-Fedora) because with each release they decided I needed fewer and fewer of the programs I relied on, like my window manager, or xlock. With Debian, I have hardly any locally compiled packages. With very few exceptions, it's all just *there*. -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh http://mamarsh.blogspot.com http://36pints.blogspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
