-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 David E. Fox wrote: > On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:51:35 -0400 > Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> something stable that won't break every six months (Of course I can >> just not dist-upgrade, but then I wouldn't get ANY package upgrades). > > Can you not do something much like to 'aptitude update && aptitude > upgrade" on Ubuntu, no matter what flavor? Case in point - I had a > guest box over here for a couple of months, and I installed Ubuntu > Edgy on it. After the initial install, configuration, and such, I > kept it up to date with the Edgy repository by simply doing that, > just like I would have done on Debian Etch/testing on my main machine, > although of course, the packages & sources list pointed to Ubuntu and > not Debian repositories.
Yes, you can do that. And when Feisty comes out, you'll find that your Edgy will not get any more updates except for security issues for the next 12 months (unless you enable backports). If you Run Sid, you don't have to worry about that *ever* happening. There will always be new updates and new software appearing in Sid (and things may break). They break in Ubuntu too. (see below) > > Of course, there will be more releases done in the same time frame on > Ubuntu compared to pure Debian. So, you risk potential obsolescence > sooner if you install (for instance) Edgy add Edgy becomes what Dapper > is now. You seem to forget that Ubuntu uses snapshots of Sid. They freeze it and then apply patches and bugfixes and (hopefully) create a stable distribution out of it. I can tell you that it is not always stable. There was not so long ago a xorg update to Dapper that caused X not to run for a few days unless one knew how to manually edit the xorg.conf file, which is something that Joe Sixpack can't do. Take away X from the average user and they are clueless on what to do. 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'm getting sick of the Ubuntu vs. Debian already. I will admit that Ian was right in saying that Ubuntu creates more Debian users. I am one of them. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF/6coiXBCVWpc5J4RAvbAAKCaLe+69Byq4qo6TEVe6+46hiCqwQCfbh9i lpnC5Fwc96tshPIdmAaUBZo= =60Uk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
