Re: New Markets

[Rob Browning <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>]

>>>>> "R" == Richard Kettlewell <richard@elmail.co.uk> writes:

R> I agree with this; a lot of stuff in the Linux world does progress
R> very rapidly, but the way Debian works gives me (at least) a bit
R> more confidence that I can install something and have it just work.
R> (Try doing that with a bleeding-edge kernel...)

I think most of the bleeding edge kernels have an undeserved bad name.
I've been running kernels pretty close to the edge for about 8 months
(since I switched to Linux and Debian) and only a couple have had any
problems, and those weren't serious.  Perhaps I've just been lucky.

--
Rob