> > Good for you. My experience is that Debian is a bit out of > date. I'm > > guessing your running Debian unstable (?). That's your > choice. Just > > somewhat of a moving target. > > Debian releases infrequently. Depending on your business and system > practices, this can be an advantage or a disadvantage.
I'll chime in agreement with Matt here. I'll also point out that the "enterprise" versions of both RH and SuSE also follow a similar policy -- RH AS2.1 is *really* ancient by now, and the AS 3 beta isn't all that close to modern either. It's a different philosophy. IMHO, Debian full releases are spaced about right -- there's plenty of time to get it right before declaring it "stable". The Debian guys are also a lot further ahead in providing management tools for packages. APT is IMHO, much superior to up2date or YOU, both in function and useability/manageability. I don't see it at all as a moving target. It's no worse that Windows or AIX, and you have a lot more control over what you get without having to roll your own.
