Michael Pobega wrote:
I gave up on that after an unsuccessful Dapper->Edgy upgrade, because I realise if I really want to keep my laptop working for college (I'll be using this next year to take notes during class), I'll need something stable that won't break every six months (Of course I can just not dist-upgrade, but then I wouldn't get ANY package upgrades).
Have you looked at "backports" repository for your distribution? ->HS
The Debian social contract is the main thing that won me, and I have a
Yes, that is some contract! Debian's 'persona', I guess, is largely due to the contract. I love the democratic nature of Debian. That and the maturity and collective intelligence of Debian users (no, I am not trying to be patronizing here). To put this into context, try visiting the MS Windows XP newsgroup one of these days. geez ... the kind of advice you can get there!
->HS