Stan Hoeppner wrote: > ZephyrQ put forth on 11/4/2010 9:50 PM: >> If you could not/did not use Debian (either Lenny, Squeeze, or Sid), >> which other distribution would you use and why? > > What situation are you in that motivates this question?
Not a specific situation, merely an exploration. I've been using Debian stable for years. I've tried Ubuntu (in the early years) and Mint. Before Debian I used SuSE. Lately, though, Debian seems 'stale'. I know that Squeeze is coming up the pipe fairly soon; but I'm in process of moving my office and upgrading equipment and am taking opportunity to see what others like besides Debian. I may try out another flavor. I realize that Debian's 'stableness' contributes to its 'staleness', and I like/need that stability as I do a lot of work from home. But I also want to try out some software that is often not supported yet in stable (dependencies, usually) and I don't have time (middle-aged teacher...) to track down fixes/kludges/etc. So I'm looking for a good balance between stability and usability while staying up to date (sort of). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd3ede6.20...@sbcglobal.net
