Collins Richey wrote:
One final shot on this. Leon, I know you have used libranet for a long time. Does libranet get around the "debian stable = hopelessly antequated" problem
pretty well, i.e. relatively current packages are available?
I'll second Leon's Libranet recommendation. And Yes, the packages in Libranet 2.8/2.8.1 are quite up to date. They base it on 'testing' now, with many 'unstable' packages included. (Not that they are unstable, just from the unstable branch).
And if you get the freebie, 2.7, you can always change the /etc/apt/sources.list file to reflect the testing or unstable branch and go at it, updating the whole thing if you want to. (but careful, you can screw things up totally sometimes) Those who don't like debian should look at Libranet, which has a good install and is up to date, with a bunch of good users on a forum and mailing list.
Ken beat me to the draw. I went with Libranet 1.9.0 when I gave up on Corel Linux, which gave up on its users.
I do not have wideband, so I am not constantly updating. What I like about Libranet is that I can fire up the installation CD and have a working system up and running in about two hours. That time includes installing WordPerfect 8.1, Applix 5.0. StarOffice 6.0 and some other apps, along with my personal file archives. For me, it makes more sense and costs less cents to buy a copy of the new Libranet rather than pay an extra $400 - $500 a year for cable or DSL. My requirements for Linux, or any OS, are minimal. Just word processing and on-line research and documentation. I do not enjoy spending hours, days, or in the case of WP8.1, months, trying to get an app to run.
-- Leon A. Goldstein
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