On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 07:11:09PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Carl Fink wrote: > > > > The thing is, the Debian Project is set up to guarantee that Stable will > > never actually be usable. If you want anything resembling current software, > > you MUST use Unstable or Testing. That makes Testing the de facto "standard > > workstation distribution" for Debian. > > > > I run Stable on the servers I administer, but 100% of them have to use some > > hand-compiled or backported software, or they'd be unusable. > > Really? I administer a number of servers and workstations. Currently, > these are my backport needs:
Um, you just agreed with me. [snip details] > Now, out of umpteen bazillion packages in the archive, that is not bad. > In fact, the only which I consider an absolute must have are OO.org2 > and bind9 9.3. The others I could live without. I am interested what > software you absolutely must have which is not in Sarge or is not new > enough in Sarge. On my workstation? I agree about OOo 2. Also Firefox 1.5, current jpilot, current slrn, current mutt .... Note that the original poster wants to use software that isn't even IN stable. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." - Mark Twain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]