On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 06:03:46 +0100 Kai-Martin Knaak <k...@lilalaser.de> wrote:
> Celejar wrote: > > >> Squeeze stuff is rather old by now. > > > > Fair enough - I'm just saying that perhaps we shouldn't go around > > saying that linux support for Intel is perfect, when Debian stable is > > shipping badly broken software for mature and not obsolete hardware. > > > Well, this is the way the debian release cycle works. If you want a > distro with a fixed six month release period, then you may be better > off with ubuntu. In case you just need more recent versions of stuff, > there is always testing, which is not as fragile as it sounds. I understand the Debian release cycle, and have understood it for years, along with the tradeoffs involved in choosing the various flavors. Once again, I'm just pointing out that we shouldn't go around telling everyone that support for Intel hardware is so idyllic if our Stable version doesn't support mature, non-obsolete, popular chipsets. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120226082536.dcd64df4.cele...@gmail.com
