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Re: On Mozilla-* updates



Jan Luehr wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> Am Sonntag, 31. Juli 2005 18:54 schrieb antgel:
> 
>>Jan Luehr wrote:
>>
>>>Greeintgs,
>>>
>>>Am Sonntag, 31. Juli 2005 09:49 schrieb Bernd Eckenfels:
>>>
>>>>In article <200507310906.22098.jluehr@gmx.net> you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Despite of the fact, the the release is probably unable to match the
>>>>>mozilla release cycles - do you really think, mozilla is the one and
>>>>>only package, debian is all about? Well, I mean the killer application,
>>>>>the thin that justify Debian?
>>>>
>>>>No but I think most of the desktop packages suffer from the slow release
>>>>cycle.
>>>
>>>Debian is not primarily intended for being used as a desktop system. If
>>>you are up to desktop centric usage, you should probably run Ubuntu
>>>instead.
>>
>>Says who?  I've been running a Debian desktop for years and I wouldn't
> 
> 
> I'm not saying, that you cannot use debian for desktop work - I'm using sarge 
> at the moment in order to write this mail.
> Al I'm trying to say is, that debian is not "primarily intended" for  desktop 
> work.
> Debian claims to be an "universal operating system" - by that, it can be used 
> for desktop work. But it was never a principal of debian to create releases 
> that are intended for desktop work, only, or that are desktop centeric, like 

I take "universal" to mean "primarily intended for everything".  :)

Antony



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