Re: sidux

[Michael C <sieverfrisch@yahoo.ie>]

Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:04:48 +0100
> Michael C <sieverfrisch@yahoo.ie> wrote:
>
>   
> > Many swear seem to swear by sidux, though its claim to turn "unstable
> > into a stable and reliable operating system for every-day usage" seems
> > at odds with common sense, especially given its own advice to avoid
> > dist-upgrades in the middle of "serious work" because "any package in
> > sid can break at any time, and any person can be the first to discover
> > it, especially if it is not a standard sidux package."
> >
> > I'm obviously never going to get a considered, impartial appraisal
> > from their forum and IRC channel, so has anyone here tried sidux only
> > to find that Testing was better suited to their desktop needs?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Michael
> >     
>
>
> If you want to run a "stable" version of Debian "Unstable/Testing", why
> not use Ubuntu?  

Two things, really.

(i) Mediocre quality assurance -- remember the JMicron show-stopper that
evidently hadn't been resolved by the time of 7.04's release (unlike
PCLinuxOS, which specifically delayed its release by several weeks until
the issue *was* resolved).

There's a rather nice article by Sam Varghese summarizing why I won't be
installing 8.04 in a hurry: http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17601/1154/

(ii) Its easy-going relationship to proprietary junk.

> As I understand it, Ubuntu takes the Testing repos and
> makes them a bit more stable, then releases them.
>   

I was under the impression their code base is a stabilized snapshot of Sid.

Best,

Michael