On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 07:21 +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote: > Thanks for the replies, Peter and Rogério. > > The notebook will be my primary work horse. I haven't used Debian much > as a desktop, except on older PC with more minimalistic window managers, > but having seen a fair bit of Sarge, and being totally hooked on apt-get > install, I have decided to put that on the notebook. It's a P-III 1ghz, > 256MB ram, so I don't want to loaded with a too heavy distro... > > The thing is, I want it to be at least reasonably up to date at all > times, so it's really between etch and sid. I just don't know which > will be the most stable, as I imagine etch would undergo a few big > changes.
While it may be considered heresy, you might also want to consider Ubuntu. Being based on debian you still get that apt-get goodness. However they have much more rapid release cycles (which is bad for servers, and probably bad for corporate desktops but good for individual technical users). I think life is likely to be very interesting for etch/sid users for the next 3 months or so as major changes get rolled out (gcc4, xorg, gnome/kde updates). Regards, Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
