Re: Why is Debian lagging so much behind Slackware?
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 18:47:07 Gilles Pelletier wrote:
> We're a small group mulling over the respective merits of Debian and
> Slackware for a newbie. Of course, since apt-get takes care of
> installing
> dependencies and upgrading the whole installed software, we were leaning
> towards Debian. The newbie, even though his concerns for security are
> limited, wouldn't have to care too much about it.
>
> Only a "tiny" problem remains. Potato is not up to date and it's
> apparently
> difficult to upgrade software unless you get patches at specialised
> places
> ( http://kde.tdyc.com for the KDE 2.x serie, for instance. ) You then
> must
> hope the patch is well done.
>
> We though about installing Woody, but, as you people know, the boot
> disquettes don't boot yet. Potato must first be installed and an upgrade
> made to Woody. Newbies might not appreciate...
> As for Woody, once again, it's going to be out... when it's ready, which
> might as well mean in June 2002, one year after Slack was out.
>
As a pretty much newbie, going from potato to unstable (I definitely fit
in the BTW below!) was not a problem; in fact, IMO understanding
/etc/apt/sources.list is the first step a newbie should make on debian.
I got absolutely nowhere until I got a grasp of that file and it's
implications.
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>
> Is apt-get really worth this huge delay? We do plan to teach the newbie
> some fundamentals.
>
> BTW, in case you wouldn't know, even newbies like to be cutting edge...
> even more so than oldies I'd say : )
>
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