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Re: Periodic distro question



On 02-Mar-28 23:01, Ralf Hein wrote:
> The whole idea 
> about releases should maybe be put on discussion, because nobody is using a 
> 'stable' for daily use. Linux is evolving to quickly to ever be able to 
> release a stable _and_ up-to-date (in terms of features and hardware-support) 
> distribution. IMHO there should only be two 'releases', both of which to be 
> constantly updated: a testing (cutting edge) and a normal (stable enough) 
> version. After all, what's the point in running a XFree 3.3.6 with let's say 
> 800x600 when one could run a XFree 4.1.xx with 1024x768, even if this crashes 
> sometimes?

On my laptop I run testing. On the servers I operate I run stable. Who cares
about X? But I do care about occasional crashes, or an apt-get upgrade that
actually breaks things.

Gee


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