On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 12:19:33PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: I wrote: > > And in fact, for (using a number I just pulled out of thin air) 90% of the > > time I've been using Debian, going back to Slink, Stable has been so > > obsolete as to be hard to use for anything but some servers. > > Huh? The only time I ever used Testing was when I got a new box with > SATA drives and Sarge didn't handle it well. I've stuck with Etch > since. Actually, if Woody was still getting security updates, I'd have > stuck with that. OK, perhaps some web pages wouldn't now work with > Woody's Firefox.
"... going back to Slink ..." Etch is still relatively fresh. At the same time, I had to use Lenny to support my laptop. My server runs Etch. If Lenny isn't released within about a quarter, Stable will again begin to be hard to use with new computers, people who want recent versions of software, etc. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Read my blog at blog.nitpicking.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
