[GRLUG] FW: $849 - New IBM Thinkpad T61 Core 2 Duo

[Greg Folkert]

On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 11:28 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > > Yeah, its SUSE... I'd put Debian on it. I have Debian on my T61
> > I just heard about how Debian's propensity to modify every package has 
> > come back to bite them (with OpenSSL I believe.) Is it really safe to 
> > trust them any longer?
> 
> Was it ever?   I have no interest in distro-wars, people can use
> whatever they like as far as I'm concerned.  But personally I
> disregarded all things Debian from a production point-of-view a long
> time ago.

So, exactly you know shouldn't be using Linux then. Debian *IS* the
source for many distribution package relating to authentication, fixes
to X, Kernel Enhancements, multiple MTAs being fixed, Apache using a
modular approach on configs... just to name a few.

Ignoring Debian, is like ignore the plague. (and yes I used that example
for a reason)
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