On 6/30/05, Stuart Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > > While we're on the topic of Debian, I wouldn't recommend it for one > simple reason: a release just happened, but there's no guarantee that > another one will happen in less than the three years it took for this > one. Plenty of people will tell you to run Debian unstable. They'll say > they've never had a problem with unstable. I did. It ate my system. I > don't trust Debian unstable and I don't want to wait three years between > stable releases.
You chould try Testing. It's right inbetween Stable's 'unknown years to release' problems, and Unstable's 'it works for me it'll work for everyone' problem. I will agree that it's kinda weird how Debian is so behind, but I plan on giving them 1 more year to 'get up to speed' - if they're not where I think they should be by then then there'll be something else to switch to like Ubuntu or Zen or a personally customized Knoppix... BUT - back to the question... If I were checking out Linux for the first time and wondering what Distro to use I would have: 1. Started with Distrowatch (just google it) to get a huge list of OSes. 2. Had an old junky computer around. 3. Spent 3-4 weeks downloading/buring/installing/messing up as many distros out of the huge list as I thought I wanted to. 4. Settled on what I thought was the best and installed it on the non-junky computer until 6 months had passed and then started the whole process over again. ... wait. That's what I do right now!! I keep coming back to plain-ol' Debian... -Rich -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/
