Re: Debian from the Stampede's POV
On Wed, May 20, 1998 at 02:54:38AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> How is Stampede Linux better than Debian Linux?
>
> + glibc2 in the standard distribution
> + Up to date programs
> + PGCC for that added performance kick
> + Package format that is very usable across other distrobutions
>
> This does seem to imply that even Slackware has more recent versions of
> programs than Debian *shudder*. The fourth point (Package format) does mean
> that their "format", .slp, is just a tar ball with extra files. Maybe they
> don't know that they are doing what we do?
On the other hand, I thought we'd dropped pgcc because egcs has those
optimisations anyway. In that case, you have to wonder (a) if they know
what they're on about, and (b) how up to date they really are.
Hamish
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