charles norwood wrote:
I did the upgrade from sarge to etch, following the release notes. All went well. This was a massive change. Thanks to those who made such a complex process manageable by normal users.
Me too!!!Many thanks to our release managers and all developers for spending the past 21 months preparing and releasing Etch!
Etch is a great OS and a great distribution -- to me it's the best software I ever had. I would switch to something better than debian, but I know that such a move will remain unlikely for the foreseeable future! 8-)
I had some minor glitches on upgrading from sarge, but those could be sorted out quickly with the prompt help of a release manager taking some of his precious time to lend me a hand! Special thanks to Steve!
Debian has faced some criticism in the past regarding things like the Mozilla rebrandings, Dunk tank discussions echoing in the media, so I would like to stand up and to encourage the developers to continue their work just like in the past. Debian's policy has never been to be the sexiest distribution around, and while media etc. like to hype any OS or distribution based on its 'sexiness', all Debian users know that stability, maintainability, etc. all work against 'sexiness', but ultimately are more important and are the key factors for Debian's long time success among its users.
Keep debian simple, stable and universal; keep out of the hype! Stay firm on debian's design principles and the social contract; keep up the great work!
Take my humble thanks for making my computers work great -- they wouldn't work as good and as smoothly without Debian!
Johannes Debian GNU/Linux -- makes other OSes look crap.