Following advice from Hendrik, I installed SQUEEZE on the home computer.

On my home computer I dumped Ubuntu and installed squeeze. On that same box I 
have xp, fedora14, w7 and Debian Squeeze.  Perhaps because I was teethed on 
Fedora, that I have it as preferences, but I am really looking for ext4 support 
for linux.  Both UBUNTU and Fedora offer that. 

I am starting to do coding in C and just need the most current TCP/IP socket 
software.  If the Debian and Fedora versions are at the same level, great.

Why did I dump UBUNTU.  Because of grub2.  With debian, and Fedora, I can 
easily use grub to select any one of the 4 operating systems at boot time.

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--- On Wed, 12/1/10, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote:

From: Jeremy <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MLUG] A Fedora14/CentOS5 guy wants to install Debian Lenny
To: [email protected]
Date: Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 10:18 AM

On 10-11-30 09:33 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> Debian is currently in a code freeze for the next stable version of the
> system, version 6.0, called squeeze, alias testing.  It's the version
> I've been using on my desktop and my laptop for about a year now.
> They're looking for people to test the new installation procedure, and
> to test the new installation documentation.  If you're game, go visit
> http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/
> 
> -- hendrik

This is a fine idea, just be aware that this will by default keep you in the 
testing stream, not the stable stream. Even after testing becomes stable you 
will still be in testing unless you change your repositories. It sounds 
complex, but it is actually a great way to do releases IMO.

Debian FAQ has an entry about which they suggest you choose: 
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-choosing.en.html#s3.1

Also, you can step up to "testing" with little problem, but you can't (easily 
or sanely) step down from testing to stable.

Jeremy
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