On Saturday 22 May 2010 12:08:39 Steve Fishpaste wrote: > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:41:38AM -0500, John Hasler uttered: > > JohnRChamplin writes: > > > ...which used to be available from unstable, but which I have heard is > > > now in sid. > > > > Unstable _is_ Sid. > > > > In any case, a few weeks is not old. > > It is on a fast moving target, and especially in the case of a major > release. Many improvements are rolled into the recent 6.x release. > > For those of use that also use Debian on a desktop/Laptop BESIDES a > server; using old versions isn't usually desireable on the > workstations where stability isn't as necessary as that of a > production server.
I used Etch on my desktop and Laptop for quite a while with little to no loss of functionality. I don't really understand why you think you need the latest release. I want well-tested software so I can use it instead of fix it or wait until it gets fixed. I also want stable software so I'm not having to relearn a UI every week or so. Now, I currently run a mixed system on both my desktop and laptop. It includes packages from Lenny, testing, and Sid. I originally did this to be able to use KDE SC 4.2. I am hoping that I can switch back to using stable Debian for both the desktop and laptop once Squeeze is released. I also use Debian on a number of servers. I enable a mixed system there as well, but I have yet to need to pull any packages from testing or Sid. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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