On Sat, Nov 12, 2005 at 04:50:50PM -0700, Scott wrote: > Kent West wrote: > > No. Stable does not get new packages, other than bug/security fixes > > and the like. > > And that my friends, is Debian's biggest flaw when it comes to the > desktop user. It's also why I'll never run stable
I think quite a lot of people are very happy to use stable on desktop systems. Most people who aren't are not typical desktop users themselves, but geeks or enthusiasts who want new-fangled stuff. For day-to-day office tasks and the like, a rock-solid base, where the layout of buttons etc. doesn't change every other week, is infinitely more desirable. As the notion of desktop user moves further and further away from the legacy of windows, and the levels of stability that brought with it, > At least Ubuntu promises you won't have to wait more than 6 months for > the next stable release. Indeed, although I'll reserve judgement on their definition of stable until its been around a bit longer. > And there's Fedora Core, who's latest release has been out for several > months. They added OpenOffice.org 2, to their updates repository > shortly after it's release. Fedora Core is nowhere near comparable in terms of stability to debian, so their legacy of releases and software versions is not worth attempting to live up to. -- Jon Dowland http://jon.dowland.name/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
