On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:55:29 -0500 rgheck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > M-L wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, rgheck shared this with us all: > > > >> --} > >> --} I've been using Fedora ever since I started using Linux, but > >> the --} second-rate status of KDE under Fedora is starting to get > >> to me, so I'm --} thinking about switching. But then: to what? I > >> don't think Kubuntu is --} for me. Gentoo would be an option, but > >> then I'm not sure I want to be --} quite that bleeding-edge. So, > >> the question: What? --} > >> --} Richard > >> --} > >> --} > >> > > > > Debian Etch. > > > > [snip] > Thanks for the suggestion. I've thought about Debian, and it has a > great reputation for stability. That said, while I don't want to be > absolutely bleeding edge, I do like to be near it, and Debian at > least has a reputation for being, well, stable. Just looking at the > packages, it looks like Lyx 1.4.3 is the most recent in etch. It > looks as if lenny has 1.5.2, but even that's out of date, and, as you > say, that's not yet ready. So, well, I'm still looking. >
I use Debian Etch, and it is rock solid. I tried Lenny for a while, but I don't need that much updating on my regular work machine. Lyx 1.5.3 compiled with not a single glitch, so if that is all you are worried about, don't. Alan > Richard > >
