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On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:15:18 +0100
Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Exactly. So, if you want to keep your software current and run
> Ubuntu, then you need to reinstall the operating system every six
> months. If you run Debian Stable, it will be every few years and you
> won't get the lastest versions, but you don't have to reinstall
> anything. The dist-upgrade will work.
>
> However, run Testing and you'll get semi up to date packages and
> stability (most of the time) but you don't get security patches.
>
> Run Sid and you get up-to-date packages and stability (most of the
> time) and you get security patches. If you're adept enough at
> running Debian Sid, you don't need Ubuntu for anything. Your chances
> of your system breaking in both the latest Ubuntu and Sid are just as
> likely, but Sid gets fixed quickly. It also evolves, so there is no
> reason ever to re-install. This of course applies to desktop
> machines.
>
I guess I still don't completely understand the Debian system. Why
would I not get security patches running testing...which I think is
really Etch now ?
>
> One of the things that people also forget is that when Ubuntu makes a
> release, the developers move on to the next version and only a few
> people are working keeping the current release stable. I remember the
> day Dapper was released. The shift moved immediately to edgy. The
> same with Edgy to Fiesty. You can be assured it will happen again in
> April with Whatever it is Feisty+1.
>
Dapper was Ubuntu's best-ever release - so they immediately moed to
Edgy which was the worst-ever release. Edgy was what drove me here, to
Debian.
Cheers
Frank
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