Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Mon, 29 May 2006 10:10:25 -0400, Chris wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >>On Mon, 29 May 2006 15:34:23 +0200 >>Arnt Karlsen wrote: >> >>>On Mon, 29 May 2006 08:57:25 -0400, Chris wrote in message >>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>>>IIRC, Dick Murphy has posted here several times that he's very >>>>much new to Linux. Based on that, pointing him at Debian >>>>*unstable* is not the best idea, IMHO. >>> >>>..based on my own experience the last 3 years since bailing out of >>>Red Hat 5.2 thru 9, I can recommend Debian "unstable" for FlightGear >>>use, and anything else except ISP service, airliner flight controls >>>etc where a bug or crash may cause loss of life, these few cases are >>>better served by running Debian Stable. >> >>In the case of newcomers to Linux, I couldn't possibly disagree more. >> >>You're probably thinking that my reservations in recommending Sid >>to a newbie have to do with "instability"; they don't. > > > ..erm. I was a newbie to the Debian way of life when I did "impossible" > stuff on RHL, going by the book, I've probably been sheltered into > boredom. ;o) > > >>My reservations have to do with the variety of things that you are >>*expected* to know and be comfortable with, if you are running >>unstable. > > > ..aye. > > >>I have spent *countless* hours in debian-user and #debian trying to >>get people who just should not be running unstable back on track. > > > ..thanks, especially having the debian-user list handy on disk when > shot off-line on top of some other problem, is extremely helpful, > thanks a lot. :o) >
Hmm, looks like there's religious trouble on the FG list again. Time to warm up the catapults on the carriers and form a "coalition of the willing" Josh _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
