I have both {Fedora Core 6 + latest updates}, and
{Debian ETCH + latest SID updates}, on my desktop PC
at home. I believe that these two distributions are at
the bleeding edge: the latest and the best. I have
Fedora because I have to teach courses based on
Fedora. I have Debian because many of my colleagues
use it, and so we have a common talking point. I did
a comparison of the packages in both, and found the
following:
Comparison of {FC6+updates} and {DebianETCH+SID}
updates:
FC6+updates Debian
ETCH+SID updates
kernel 2.6.20-1.2933 2.6.18-4-486
glibc 2.5-10 2.3.6.ds1-13
gcc 4.1.1-51 4.1.1-21
xorg-drivers 7.1-3 7.1.0-18
xorg-x11-apps 7.1-3 7.1.0-18
openoffice.org-core 2.0.4-5.5.17 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7
openoffice.org-writer 2.0.4-5.5.17 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7
firefox 1.5.0.10-5 2.0.0.3-1
(iceweasel)
thunderbird 1.5.0.10-1
1.5.0.10.dfsg1-3 (icedove)
perl 5.8.8-10 5.8.8-7
So FC6 has a later kernel and C library, but Debian
has a later iceweasel (firefox). Almost everything
else is the same. The only difference is that Debian
SID is supposed to be unstable (but many people find
it stable enough to be usable), but FC6 is a stable
release.
So there, take your pick. In my case, I picked both!
He he he . . .
P~Manalastas
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