hi, On Mi, 2008-10-01 at 19:48 -0400, Patrick Rady wrote: > I guess I'm feeling a little burned by Hardy Heron. Perhaps I am confused by > the concept of the LTS version- but it seems like the LTS concept is kind of > pointless for desktop versions. I understand a long-term support version of a > server OS. But having a desktop stuck with same apps, infrequent backports > and nothing but security patches... is kinda... not helpful for my particular > situation. Especially when the LTS version in question, is not especially > rock solid. The LTS badge seems to imply a stability that isn't exactly > there. Debian's philosophy seems more closely aligned with my situation. I > want updated apps, not the necessity to update the whole shebang every 6 > months.
are you aware that debian once it gets stable follows a harder policy
than ubuntu LTS ? there are no bugfix updates for annoyances like in the
ubuntu LTS release, only security updates until the next stable release
in (possibly) some years. with a stable debian release (which testing
will turn into within the next month(s)) you are more stuck.
(i dont want to get you away from debian or something, but your
assumptions seem fairly wrong, in fact the massively outdated and stuck
nature of stable debian releases (which is great for servers but sucks
on desktops) is the main reason ubuntu exists at all)
ciao
oli
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