Re: [TCLUG:19211] debian install

["Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>]

Actually, Debian is not aimed at anybody.  It is just a bunch of developers
working together on their favorite OS.  They have done a remarkable job
avoiding commercialization.

Tom Veldhouse
veldy@veldy.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Lutgens <ben@sistina.com>
To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [TCLUG:19211] debian install


> On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 09:08:44AM -0500, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
> >Why buy the CD at all?  Most "popular" linux users, won't be downloading
and
> >installing a new kernel right away - and they certainly want to see what
> >they hype is about.  They won't get to with Debian 2.1.  The latest
software
> >needs glibc-2.1.x (i.e. java2), Star Office, etc.
> {blutgens@athena}-{~/.desktop} $ ls -l /lib/libc-*
>
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       888596 May  1 13:26 /lib/libc-2.1.3.so
>
> hmmm. Like I said. Most people run the unstable branch. Stable is for
> production boxes that don't need all the newest stuff (in most cases)
>
> Nor is Debian targeted at "Newbies" or they'd have a gtk install like some
> other dists. It's aimed at power users who want more from thier system.
>
> At least that my interpretation of it.
> >
> >I am on your side - I like Debian, I just think that they shouldn't be
quite
> >so anal about their release - or put more work into testing [ a little
> >faster ].  Maybe a BSD like release schedule would be better for them.
> >Release the 2.2 as 3.0 and let it be used as a general release and wide
> >spread testing and the little bug reports will come in nicely for the 3.1
> >Stable release (yes, I know this is controversial in the BSD world as
well).
> >After all, they are developing a new branch and they haven't even
released
> >the frozen one.
> >
> >Tom Veldhouse
> >veldy@veldy.net
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Ben Lutgens <ben@sistina.com>
> >To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
> >Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 8:48 AM
> >Subject: Re: [TCLUG:19211] debian install
> >
> >
> >> On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 08:18:04AM -0500, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
> >> >
> >> >Exactly - which is exactly why they should release it before they are
> >behind
> >> >a kernel version (in their release distro) yet again.
> >>
> >> Behind a kernel version? How hard is it to download a new kernel? The
> >kernel
> >> does not make the dist. You can get that anywhere. What makes a dist
are
> >the
> >> packages that are available, how they're packaged and how stable they
are.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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