Re: Desktop user: Etch or the next testing?
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Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 04/04/07 08:48, Michael Pobega wrote:
> [snip]
>> Isn't testing stable enough for most desktop users? I know myself I
>> stick with testing as a rolling release (Until they update something
>> big, then I don't upgrade for two to three weeks).
>
>> Testing offers enough stability to be a desktop distro. Of course, the
>> one thing it is missing is very up to date packages, but that's why
>> the user has options; You have the option to use Debian as a rolling
>> release (Testing/Unstable), you have the option to use Debian by it's
>> release name (Etch/Lenny), or you have the option to not use Debian at
>> all.
>
> It's stable enough for people who care about computers. OTOH, my
> wife wouldn't care if her box were still Woody. Same for
> businesses. If it does what they want, they won't change.
Until the business next door that they need to do business with uses
software that they can't use and outputs files that they can't convert
to whatever it is they use. But I guess that fits under your definition
of "doesn't do what they want".
Joe
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