Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-04-05 Thread Mirko Scurk
Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2007-03-20 10:32:06, schrieb H.S.: I agree with this. In my experience, one can choose to configure every detail in Ubuntu by editing configuration files, the same way as in Debian. At the same time, Ubuntu also automates many things and provides a nice simple GUI

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-04-05 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mirko Scurk wrote: Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2007-03-20 10:32:06, schrieb H.S.: I agree with this. In my experience, one can choose to configure every detail in Ubuntu by editing configuration files, the same way as in Debian. At the same time,

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-20 10:32:06, schrieb H.S.: I agree with this. In my experience, one can choose to configure every detail in Ubuntu by editing configuration files, the same way as in Debian. At the same time, Ubuntu also automates many things and provides a nice simple GUI for others (source

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-20 10:19:36, schrieb Joe Hart: It looks to me like we're getting a flame war. Why can't all the Ubuntu users go to the ubuntu forums and mailing lists and leave this list alone? I am GNU/Linux Developer (not Debian) I run all 4 releases from Unstable, over Testing and Stabe to

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-22 06:34:20, schrieb Michael Pobega: I didn't mean seemed in a way that I didn't know. I actually went to the forums everyday, and there WAS at least three topics about dist-upgrades breaking going from Dapper to Edgy, or Edgy to Feisty. Dist-upgrades to break here, but we hear

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-26 18:44:54, schrieb Owen Heisler: In other words: in Debian, stability and quality is prioritized over timely releases. Which is good. (I will be patient.) And really, is there any other distribution that supports as many packages and architectures? | Rel |Date

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-27 13:18:03, schrieb Roberto C. Sánchez: On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 09:41:30AM -0700, Glen Pfeiffer wrote: I run etch and ask questions here and have never been told that I should be using stable. What I *have* seen is when someone whines and complains about the bugs they find in

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-20 00:02:20, schrieb Carl Fink: Using. Not developing. I run Etch on my home box (the one I'm typing on now) but for servers it isn't always practical to use Testing, and that means you can almost never use a currently-in-production server with Debian, unless you want to

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-20 07:35:12, schrieb Carl Fink: Didn't require as much inside knowledge to use with my hardware. (I could have installed Stable, then used backports.org and apt-get.org to get 95% of the software I needed, then compiled the rest, but it was all there in CentOS. Yes, Debian has

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-27 10:07:39, schrieb Dan H.: But at the same time Debian offers the testing and unstable distros, both of which are perfectly fine for the desktop user. There's no need to cling to stable unless you're running a server that must be 100% reliable. Right! And if you must have 100%

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-21 00:30:10, schrieb Roberto C. Sánchez: But is it a forgone conclusion that *every* new security vulnerability is filed as a bug? Yes there is... I know that occasionally upstream will just fix something for which there was no announced security advisory from anybody. I know

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-20 06:43:00, schrieb Steve Lamb: Oddly enough dist-upgrade never worked for me on Debian and largely never gets used because I can't stand being on software so old. ??? -- I do distupgrades using apt-get since 8 years and it works perfectly... Because Ubuntu represents

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-20 17:57:14, schrieb Andrew Sackville-West: it appears to me that there are two paths into testing for security fixes: sid or testing security. Is it possible for a security fix to bypass sid and make it into testing? Obviously there would be some upstream method for dealing with

Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 05:41:45AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 16:42 -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 11:35:02AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: If Debian worried about sticking to a schedule rather than worrying about the stability of the product, you'd

Re: Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 05:41:45AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 16:42 -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 11:35:02AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: If Debian worried about sticking to a

Re: Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 19:39 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 05:41:45AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 16:42 -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 11:35:02AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: If Debian worried about

Re: Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
Greg Folkert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, really, Sid typically isn't for the faint of heart. A few weeks after Etch release, Sid is gonna be a bumpy ride for a month or more. To infinity^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HLenny... and beyond! Sid too? I thought only testing. But this means I will be able to

Re: Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 09:28:48PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: Greg Folkert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, really, Sid typically isn't for the faint of heart. A few weeks after Etch release, Sid is gonna be a bumpy ride for a month or more. To infinity^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HLenny... and

Re: Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greg Folkert wrote: [snip] Xfce is also much newer than in sid or etch. Perhaps you'd be interested to know about experimental. GNOME in experimental has crept up to 2.18. 2.2 OO.o has rc stuff right now, a bit buggy due to mixed RCs, but very

Re: Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 21:28 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: Greg Folkert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, really, Sid typically isn't for the faint of heart. A few weeks after Etch release, Sid is gonna be a bumpy ride for a month or more. To infinity^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HLenny... and beyond! Sid

Re: Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
Joe Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To infinity^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HLenny... and beyond! I wonder how many people will not understand that. You know that only well educated or old-timers know those control characters. ^G^L I was wondering about that, but didn't even know where to start searching

Re: Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hello Joe. Joe Hart, 31.03.2007 21:38: Greg Folkert wrote: To infinity^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HLenny... and beyond! I wonder how many people will not understand that. You know that only well educated or old-timers know those control characters. ^G^L Not true. Interested youngsters do know them

Re: Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Michael M.
On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 09:51 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 05:41:45AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: What has made Debian a great fit for me over the past months is its beefed up efforts to make testing a more viable option for users (for example, by providing

Re: Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
Michael M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I knew, for example, that for up to six months out of every two years, testing will be frozen, I could live with that. If that were Please correct me if I'm wrong, but the freeze started only about 4 months ago and it looks like it will end in April.

Re: Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Michael M.
On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 19:39 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: The problem with Ubuntu is that while it is based on Debian, several key items are different (restricted modules, sudo/root, etc.) to make it not appealing to many Debian purists. Sidux on the other hand offers 100% compatibility with

Re: Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Michael M.
On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 21:38 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: Greg Folkert wrote: To infinity^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HLenny... and beyond! I wonder how many people will not understand that. You know that only well educated or old-timers know those control characters. ^G^L Anyone who reads Slashdot even

Re: Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 10:57:42PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: Michael M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I knew, for example, that for up to six months out of every two years, testing will be frozen, I could live with that. If that were Please correct me if I'm wrong, but the freeze

Re: Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mathias Brodala wrote: Hello Joe. Joe Hart, 31.03.2007 21:38: Greg Folkert wrote: To infinity^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HLenny... and beyond! I wonder how many people will not understand that. You know that only well educated or old-timers know those

Re: Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
Michael M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What would be the differences between running Sidux and Sid? The [1] Why Should I Use Sidux? page seems to stress security package timeliness over stability, so I'm wondering whether Sidux is any more stable than Sid. It kind of sounds like the main

Re: Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael M. wrote: On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 19:39 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: The problem with Ubuntu is that while it is based on Debian, several key items are different (restricted modules, sudo/root, etc.) to make it not appealing to many Debian

Re: Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael M. wrote: [snip] Why don't we reframe this as: What is the best OS/Distro for Michael? Perhaps you have some conflicting needs that requires a non-standard answer? I _think_ that what I hear that you want is: More recent

Re: Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Michael M.
On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 22:57 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: Michael M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I knew, for example, that for up to six months out of every two years, testing will be frozen, I could live with that. If that were Please correct me if I'm wrong, but the freeze started only

Re: Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
Joe Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is a reason not to use Sidux. The devs of Sidux specifically say that aptitude and Sid don't get along well because aptitude has trouble keeping up with fast moving dependencies. Do you have a reference for this? I am using aptitude with sid for more

Re: Which OS? Was I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-31 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrei Popescu wrote: Joe Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is a reason not to use Sidux. The devs of Sidux specifically say that aptitude and Sid don't get along well because aptitude has trouble keeping up with fast moving dependencies.

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-30 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 09:00:18AM -0300, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: Hell, lots of people are missusing that phrase. Which begs the question: Are they wrong? It raises the question. And the answer is yes. Everybody behaving in a certain way does not make it right.

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-30 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 02:38:30PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 09:41:37AM -0400, Roberto C. S�nchez wrote: On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 05:41:45AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: Which begs the question, Is Debian made for me? rant mode=pedanticBegging the

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-30 Thread anoop aryal
On Thursday 29 March 2007 14:55, Steve Lamb wrote: anoop aryal wrote: i'll take etch when it's good and ready and not a day before. i'd rather have a working OS, free of bugs, late than a half baked, bug-ridden POS, on time. Then you'll be waiting forever because even Debian does not

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-30 Thread Freddy Freeloader
anoop aryal wrote: On Thursday 29 March 2007 14:55, Steve Lamb wrote: anoop aryal wrote: i'll take etch when it's good and ready and not a day before. i'd rather have a working OS, free of bugs, late than a half baked, bug-ridden POS, on time. Then you'll be waiting forever

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-30 Thread Michael M.
On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 13:45 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: It can take a while for a newish Debian user to get used to the Debian way. My preference is to stay somewhat 'behind the curve', but yours appears to be to stay somewhat 'ahead of the curve'. Yes, somewhat, though I tend to think of it

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-29 Thread anoop aryal
On Monday 26 March 2007 13:35, Michael M. wrote: On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 15:28 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 05:37:00PM -0700, Michael M. wrote: All that is to say that Ubuntu serves a purpose, and it's a valuable one, IMO. It's not for everybody; nor is Debian, nor

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-29 Thread anoop aryal
On Wednesday 28 March 2007 09:50, Steve Lamb wrote: Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: It raises the question. And the answer is yes. Everybody behaving in a certain way does not make it right. Just as everybody thinking something does not make it true. Except, of course, when it

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-29 Thread Michael M.
On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 09:37 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: As was already pointed out, if you want the latest and greatest, then run with testing or unstable. I wager that they are easily as stable (if not more so) than other popular distros (like FC, for example). As stated, I've been

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-29 Thread Paul E Condon
On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 11:36:22AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 09:37 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: As was already pointed out, if you want the latest and greatest, then run with testing or unstable. I wager that they are easily as stable (if not more so) than other

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-29 Thread Steve Lamb
anoop aryal wrote: i'll take etch when it's good and ready and not a day before. i'd rather have a working OS, free of bugs, late than a half baked, bug-ridden POS, on time. Then you'll be waiting forever because even Debian does not ship stable releases free of bugs. -- Steve

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-28 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 09:41:37AM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 05:41:45AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: Which begs the question, Is Debian made for me? rant mode=pedanticBegging the question is a logical fallacy. What you are talking about is raising the

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-28 Thread Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
Hell, lots of people are missusing that phrase. Which begs the question: Are they wrong? It raises the question. And the answer is yes. Everybody behaving in a certain way does not make it right. Just as everybody thinking something does not make it true. -- Chris. == Don't forget to

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-28 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 09:41:37AM -0400, Roberto C. S�nchez wrote: On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 05:41:45AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: Which begs the question, Is Debian made for me? rant mode=pedanticBegging the question is a

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-28 Thread Kent West
Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: Everybody behaving in a certain way does not make it right. Just as everybody thinking something does not make it true. Curly, Larry, or Shemp (I don't remember): I'm positive! Moe: Only fools are positive. C|L|S: Are you sure? Moe: I'm positive! (I don't

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: It raises the question. And the answer is yes. Everybody behaving in a certain way does not make it right. Just as everybody thinking something does not make it true. Except, of course, when it comes to language, especially idioms, where a large enough

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-28 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 07:50:04AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: It raises the question. And the answer is yes. Everybody behaving in a certain way does not make it right. Just as everybody thinking something does not make it true. Except, of course,

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-28 Thread Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
Everybody behaving in a certain way does not make it right. Just as everybody thinking something does not make it true. Except, of course, when it comes to language, especially idioms, where a large enough group can make any foul syntax and grammar correct. Remember, Lexicographers not

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-27 Thread Dan H.
Michael M. wrote: Like I said, it's the when it's ready attitude taken to the extreme -- to the exclusion of providing users any kind of predictablility or expectations of timeliness -- that I don't like. But at the same time Debian offers the testing and unstable distros, both of which are

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-27 Thread Michael M.
On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 14:45 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: However, the predictability that it appears you want, timely releases at predefined intervals, is not very likely to be realistic with Debian. That's exactly right, at least based on the history of the project and its release cycles,

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-27 Thread Michael M.
On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 16:42 -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 11:35:02AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: Call it what you want: schedule, timeline, target, whatever. The point is that the Debian Project doesn't value it enough to stick to it. I doubt there's a large

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-27 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 03:53:01AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 14:45 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: However, the predictability that it appears you want, timely releases at predefined intervals, is not very likely to be realistic with Debian. That's exactly right, at

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-27 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 05:41:45AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 16:42 -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: If Debian worried about sticking to a schedule rather than worrying about the stability of the product, you'd hear about a few more missing astronauts and a couple of

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-27 Thread Cassiano Leal
Michael M. wrote: You don't have to defend Debian, at least not to me. Just don't try to pretend that it is the perfect solution for everyone. The things you are suggesting are routinely and actively discouraged on this list -- apt-pinning, mixing branches. Yes you *can* do it, but be

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-27 Thread Glen Pfeiffer
Michael M. wrote: The things you are suggesting are routinely and actively discouraged on this list -- apt-pinning, mixing branches. Yes you *can* do it, but be prepared to face the chorus of you should be sticking to stable when you ask for I run etch and ask questions here and have never

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-27 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 09:41:30AM -0700, Glen Pfeiffer wrote: I run etch and ask questions here and have never been told that I should be using stable. What I *have* seen is when someone whines and complains about the bugs they find in etch/sid, they are told that if they can't deal with a

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-27 Thread Michael Pobega
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 05:41:45AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 16:42 -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 11:35:02AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: Call it what you want: schedule, timeline, target, whatever. The point is that the Debian Project doesn't

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-27 Thread Max Hyre
Michael Pobega wrote: Debian, on the other hand, only gets negative PR. That's largely true. Every review I've read leaves the impression that Debian is problematic, even though the review mentions some (often many) good points. Outside of the Debian community nobody really gives Debian a

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-27 Thread Michael Pobega
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 12:14:35PM -0400, Max Hyre wrote: Michael Pobega wrote: [Reviewers] don't understand the idea of the Debian release schedule; It's aimed at servers, NOT home computers. This one I disagree with. I've never heard a developer say ``I'm building this for

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-27 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 07:06:03PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: In other words: Reviewers compare Debian stable against Ubuntu's beta releases, which is an unfair comparison. That sort of thing often makes me think that the reviewers have some sort of axe to grind against Debian. Regards,

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-27 Thread Mihira Fernando
Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 07:06:03PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: In other words: Reviewers compare Debian stable against Ubuntu's beta releases, which is an unfair comparison. That sort of thing often makes me think that the reviewers have some sort of axe to grind

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-27 Thread s. keeling
Michael M. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Like I said, it's the when it's ready attitude taken to the extreme -- to the exclusion of providing users any kind of predictablility or expectations of timeliness -- that I don't like. Go elsewhere, please! Debian's job, from day one, has been to produce

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-26 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 00:30 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 11:26:08PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 23:15 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 03:27:21PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: that is the root of why

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-26 Thread Michael M.
On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 15:28 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 05:37:00PM -0700, Michael M. wrote: All that is to say that Ubuntu serves a purpose, and it's a valuable one, IMO. It's not for everybody; nor is Debian, nor any other distro in particular. Ubuntu at least

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-26 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 11:35:02AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: The schedule that the release team puts together. It contains target release dates. Debian missed its December target for Etch. It remains to be seen whether it will make the new target of 2 April 2007. Call it what you want:

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-26 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto � wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 11:35:02AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: The schedule that the release team puts together. It contains target release dates. Debian missed its December target for Etch. It remains to be seen whether it will

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-26 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 11:35:02AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 15:28 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 05:37:00PM -0700, Michael M. wrote: All that is to say that Ubuntu serves a purpose, and it's a valuable one, IMO. It's not for everybody; nor is

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-26 Thread Owen Heisler
On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 21:25 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: Roberto wrote: That's not really a fair characterization. The Debian project (release managers, developers, et al) value the target dates. However, they value completeness and stability *more* than the calendar. There should be no

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 04:55:51PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: Keep in mind Ubuntu is using the same system as Debian, but not using it the way it was meant to be used. Which is why Ubuntu debs don't work on Debian and vice-versa (For the most part). I personally think Probably use different

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 05:37:00PM -0700, Michael M. wrote: All that is to say that Ubuntu serves a purpose, and it's a valuable one, IMO. It's not for everybody; nor is Debian, nor any other distro in particular. Ubuntu at least provides an experience quite similar to Debian while doing

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 06:36:01AM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: The only problem with that is that people tend to get aggravated when they testing and Sid freeze, because they feel that they're waiting for months for new packages to come into their version. I don't mind myself, but I

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-25 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 03:27:21PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: that is the root of why dist-upgrade breaks a lot of the time, and it isn't really a fault in Ubuntu, because they still provide their users with a lot of other things Debian doesn't. A huge forum (Our mailing list has

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-25 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 23:15 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 03:27:21PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: that is the root of why dist-upgrade breaks a lot of the time, and it isn't really a fault in Ubuntu, because they still provide their users with a lot of

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-25 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 11:26:08PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 23:15 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 03:27:21PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: that is the root of why dist-upgrade breaks a lot of the time, and it isn't really a fault in

Debian for Desktop [Was: Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock]

2007-03-23 Thread Andrei Popescu
Kevin Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: to happen. Debian includes desktop users but is not focused on them. But recently there was some interest in a 'desktop' group in debian to focus on this for lenny. Do you mean http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop ? They are working since sarge was

Re: Debian for Desktop [Was: Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock]

2007-03-23 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 09:25:09AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: Kevin Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: to happen. Debian includes desktop users but is not focused on them. But recently there was some interest in a 'desktop' group in debian to focus on this for lenny. Do you mean

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-23 Thread Michael M.
On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 20:59 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 05:37:00PM -0700, Michael M. wrote: Personally, I'm getting a little frustrated being stuck on Gnome 2.14 when 2.18 has been released. Etch is two Gnome releases behind already, and Etch itself hasn't even

Re: Debian for Desktop [Was: Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock]

2007-03-23 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 3/23/07, Kevin Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 09:25:09AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: Kevin Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: to happen. Debian includes desktop users but is not focused on them. But recently there was some interest in a 'desktop' group in debian to

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-22 Thread Nik
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Michael Pobega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 01:43:56PM +0100, Nik wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Michael Pobega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And it's not just me. I've noticed that a lot of people get the same problem from Ubuntu

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-22 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 09:52:31 +0100, Nik wrote: [ discussion about some other Linux distribution snipped ] Before you make sweeping comments, please do a little research. Unless you havn't noticed, people also post here with problems dist-upgrading - does this also mean that 75% of Debian

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-22 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 09:52:31AM +0100, Nik wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Michael Pobega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 01:43:56PM +0100, Nik wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Michael Pobega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And it's not just me. I've noticed

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-22 Thread Michael Pobega
On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 09:48:13PM -0700, David E. Fox wrote: On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:11:07 -0400 Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just can't handle the absurdly-long release cycle any more. I'm not sure a release cycle is strictly necessary -- theoretically, one can just stay on the

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-22 Thread Jochen Schulz
Florian Kulzer: My impression is that most, if not all, of the dist-upgrade problems posted here are related to going to testing before it is released, or even involve unstable and experimental. + a lot of the problems only occur because many people *always* use dist-upgrade *and* they do

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-22 Thread Carl Fink
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 06:34:20AM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: I didn't mean seemed in a way that I didn't know. I actually went to the forums everyday, and there WAS at least three topics about dist-upgrades breaking going from Dapper to Edgy, or Edgy to Feisty. Dist-upgrades to break here,

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-22 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 07:29:47AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 06:34:20AM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: I didn't mean seemed in a way that I didn't know. I actually went to the forums everyday, and there WAS at least three topics about dist-upgrades breaking going from

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-22 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 06:36:01 -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 09:48:13PM -0700, David E. Fox wrote: On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:11:07 -0400 Carl Fink wrote: I just can't handle the absurdly-long release cycle any more. I'm not sure a release cycle is strictly

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-22 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:45:36 +0100 Joe Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Celejar wrote: On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:36:23 +0100 Joe Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steve Lamb wrote: Joe Hart

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-22 Thread Steve Lamb
Michael Pobega wrote: a point). And if you don't want to believe me then don't, /I/ don't care what you think, /I'm/ just trying to get /my/ point across in what /I've/ seen in /my/ experience. That's find. And in my opinion and my experience you're biased and full of crap. --

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-22 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 01:09:00PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: Michael Pobega wrote: a point). And if you don't want to believe me then don't, /I/ don't care what you think, /I'm/ just trying to get /my/ point across in what /I've/ seen in /my/ experience. That's find. And in my

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-22 Thread Steve Lamb
Michael Pobega wrote: I don't see how I'm biased. I personally dislike Ubuntu, Yeah, and you can't figure out where the bias comes from? There's no need for you to be so hostile, I'm not being hostile. I'm not being hostile, just getting tired of your arrogance. You claim for all

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-22 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 02:23:03PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: Michael Pobega wrote: I'm ending the argument here, but I just want to say that I've meant no insult to Ubuntu and to anyone else on these mailing lists. I just stated my experience from what I've seen (In my limited time using Ubuntu)

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-22 Thread Michael M.
On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 06:34 -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: I didn't mean seemed in a way that I didn't know. I actually went to the forums everyday, and there WAS at least three topics about dist-upgrades breaking going from Dapper to Edgy, or Edgy to Feisty. Dist-upgrades to break here, but we

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-22 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 05:37:00PM -0700, Michael M. wrote: Personally, I'm getting a little frustrated being stuck on Gnome 2.14 when 2.18 has been released. Etch is two Gnome releases behind already, and Etch itself hasn't even been released. Out of curiousity, what features are in 2.18

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-22 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 05:37:00PM -0700, Michael M. wrote: On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 06:34 -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: ubuntu vs debian comparison All that is to say that Ubuntu serves a purpose, and it's a valuable one, IMO. It's not for everybody; nor is Debian, nor any other distro in

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-21 Thread Paul Scott
H.S. wrote: Michael Pobega wrote: I gave up on that after an unsuccessful Dapper-Edgy upgrade, because I realise if I really want to keep my laptop working for college (I'll be using this next year to take notes during class), I'll need something stable that won't break every six months (Of

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-21 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steve Lamb wrote: Joe Hart wrote: If Ubuntu = Debian, then one could install Ubuntu packages on one's Debian system. They could install Debian packages on their Ubuntu. While some might work, the majority of them will not. Why not? Because

Re: I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian , Ian Murdock

2007-03-21 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Joey Hess wrote: Johannes Wiedersich wrote: Security support for etch started around the freeze, IIRC. Testing has had security support for several years now. http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/ Thanks for proving me wrong. I was unaware of testing's security repositories. Searching

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