Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

[Matthias Julius <lists@julius-net.net>]

Jon Dowland <lists@alcopop.org> writes:

> Without further specifics, this is not a useful argument to
> have.  Assuming by "Ubuntu" you mean Ubuntu Breezy (i.e.
> stable as of 6 months ago), but what do you mean by
> "Debian"?  Sarge?  Sid today? Sid yesterday? Etch last week?
> If you've only looked at Sarge, say, then perhaps Debian
> *does* support the hardware you are talking about.

I am running a testing/unstable system myself, but I would not
recommend a beginner user to use anything but stable.  Things do go
wrong in testing and I would not expect a beginner to deal with things
like the x.org transition.

So when comparing distributions I would always compare stable
releases.  I don't think it makes sense to compare development
versions since they are not intended for end users.

Matthias