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Re: Debian or Ubuntu Dilemma



On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 02:15:16PM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote:

[huge snip]

> However, like many Debian based distros, Mepis uses mixed sources that are 
> neither Stable, Unstable, or Testing.  At one time that didn't mean that much 
> to me, but now I really value the dependability of the Stable branch.  I'm 
> gradually switching all my systems over to pure Debian.  My servers will be 
> Stable, and I may make my workstation Unstable, with the ability to boot a 
> Stable partition in case something goes wrong.  That way I can play around 
> with new eye-candy and stuff, but still count on being able to get it up and 
> running.

I personally run Testing on my laptop and desktop computer, and Stable on
the two servers I admin, so I think we're actually in agreement.
-- 
Carl Fink                                         carl@fink.to
If you attempt to fix something that isn't broken, it will be.
	-Bruce Tognazzini



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