Re: Distro's
Mike Grover wrote:
>What is the diff between Woody, Sid, and Hurd?
Woody is (currently) the testing release of the Debian GNU/Linux OS.
After some period of testing, Debian releases the testing version
as stable. Expect Woody to come out some time soon - when, I hope
soon enough (God knows for sure...). Testing is relatively stable, save
for some few glitches.
Sid is the codename of the unstable release. This is where you find
the most current software packages. However, there's no guarantee that
they won't break each other, nor would it be stable. I would prefer it
if you want the bleeding-edge software, but I'LL NEVER RECOMMEND IT for
production systems (such as your main server).
The HURD is the Free Software Foundations project for a Unix-clone
kernel++. It's still under development (for 10 years and counting?).
Debian offered to release it as an alternative to the Linux kernel
should it be ready for release. In my opinion, the theoretical ideas
behind the Hurd is quite advanced for its time. Should it be released
(Linus waited for it during the early days he was making Linux), we'll
have the most advanced OS seen (in terms of technical superiority).
Paolo Alexis Falcone
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