On Wed, Mar 18 2009, Dinesh A. Joshi wrote:
> Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. wrote:
>> The second machine is at my clinic and I cannot afford to mess with it
>> too much. It's still running kubuntu 8.04 and is not much trouble but
>> I'd rather run one distro on both my main machines.
>>
>>
>
> If you're trying to get rid of driver issues or configuration / broken
> packages then Debian isn't the best choice for you. Yes Lenny is good
> but its like almost a billion years behind todays most bleeding edge
> packages - the most essential of them all is the kernel and the drivers
> which you so dearly need for your wifi card. If thats not an issue,
> please do go ahead using Debian.
Considering that Lenny was just released, and that it released
with 2.6.26, your hyperbole just reduced your credibility in my eyes.
As of this writing, 2,6,29 is not yet out, so yes, a couple of releases
of the kernel old, but that is a far cry from how you portray it.
The problems mentioned should be avoidable with Lenny, and this
is what we were trying to establish before you brought your mostly
unsubstantiated opinions into the discussion;
Now, the facts can be ascertained here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_distributions
Debian seems to be distributing a newer kernel than RHEL, Centos
and Slackware, and is one version behind Fedora, Ubuntu, and Gentoo.
The original poster's problem, BTW, can be resolved if he
downloads the non-free firmware, puts them under a firmware/ directory
on a USB key, and tells the installation process to look for the
firmware. Nothing to do with Debian having 'billions' of year old
software.
manoj
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