Re: A rookie's query: Want to about Debian and the related
On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 5:50 AM, Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> wrote:
> Stable means the producers of the distro believe that the bugs have been
> all removed. That does _not_ mean that they won't change it tomorrow,
> and for some applications, you might have to upgrade--i.e.,
> install a new release of that system, or the app won't work.
> There are two other options you might want to consider:
> 1. Ubuntu has a system--I forget what it's called--that they guarantee
> will be stable and supported without change for five years.
> 2. PCLinuxOS systems--whether 32 or 64 bit, or KDE, or LXDE, etc, are
> on what they call a "rolling release"--you never have to reinstall a
> new system: upgraded files are made available as they are tested and
> certified OK, and you just upgrade them via the system software. Even
> new kernels are made available. The only time you would have to
> make a new installation would be to change from 32 bit to 64 bit.
> It should be noted that once in a while, the upgrade of some file
> doesn't work the way it's supposed to, or affects something it
> shouldn't. This doesn't happen very often, but it _does_ happen.
> (I use PCLOS, so I know!)
Okay. This is now clarified.
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