Re: Is Squeeze right for me?
John Jason Jordan wrote:
> Having spent just a day in testing I am not happy with the quantity of
> bugs. Yes, I know it is called "testing" for a reason. And I am happy
> to do my part to help fix problems. Yet I need a computer that I can
> use for real work. But at the same time I want the latest and greatest.
> I need OOo 3.1 and Scribus 1.3.5.1 and the most recent versions of
> several other apps that I live in all day long.
Really? What do OOo 3.1 and Scribus 1.3.5.1 have to offer that you
can't do in older versions?
> The stable versions of Debian are not sufficiently cutting edge for me. Or have I
> misunderstood that?
Probably misunderstood. Testing is NOT for you if you just want it to
work. That's what stable is for. Stability or cutting edge: Pick one.
> The local Linux friends who thought I should move on from Ubuntu
> suggested testing as the closest in the Debian world to the Ubuntu way
> of doing things. After today I am thinking they were wrong.
Ubuntu is closest to the Debian way of thinking, if Debian were clubbed
in the head with a brick by Special Ed to make Debian "special" too.
Reply to: