[GRLUG] Debian Release Party

[Bob Kline]

>From what you say, I don't see myself
stampeding to install it.  I guess other
questions might be whether a lot of people
use it on servers, and then whether that
would be better than one of the X-BSD
distributions.

I guess I should say that I don't make very
exotic use of Kubuntu, so it's stability is
adequate for what I do.  I think you're
suggesting that the apps on Debian are
wanting in some cases.

Since for many it's the apps more than it
is the distribution, that would be of concern.
We are "Linux Users," meaning that probably
many distributions have a solid core package,
but what matters is the do-dads hung on
them, and how well those versions work.
The apps that people actually use, and in
some cases get paid to run and support, and
not to be confused with the OS and Linux
per se.

   -- Bob


On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I wonder what percentage of this group
> > runs Debian?
>
> I'm running it on my router. I was running it on my desktop, but WINE
> was in a sorry state. WoW worked, but with intermittent stability
> issues. WineHQ's recommended repos for Debian squeeze/sid were
> woefully out of date, and, as of a month or so ago, their IRC denizens
> had no word on when/whether they would be brought up to a recent
> release.
>
> Apart from WINE, I had no complaints with Debian/squeeze. Though the
> WINE issues led me to switch my desktop to Gentoo, which I'm happily
> enjoying again...
>
> > Is it deemed enough more reliable or
> > bug free than Ubuntu releases to make
> > it worth having such infrequent releases?
>
> Debian seems to be kicking this habit. This is their second release in
> two years, which is actually _more_ frequent than Ubuntu's LTS
> releases.
>
> > I mean, clearly that's the lore, but what
> > seems to be the street reality?
> >   -- Bob
>
> Debian seems to have disciplined themselves to an every-two-year
> release cycle. I don't know how long their security/support periods
> will be, so I don't know whether a given Debian release will outlive
> an Ubuntu LTS release for a given install-and-don't-tweak role.
>
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> :wq
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