On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 13:12 -0500, David Brodbeck wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dave Restall - System Administrator,,, [mailto:dave@restall.net]
>
> > I simply ended up doing a minimal installation and getting
> > what I wanted
> > as sources and compiling them myself. Eventually you find Debian is
> > so out of date that stuff won't compile (may I mention libstdc++.so.5
> > and stable).
>
> That's why I don't run Debian Stable. It's just too old, too out of date.
> I do at least a partial upgrade to testing on every system I install.
> Debian's development cycle is just too slow for Stable to be a useful OS.
BBBBBBbbbbut! That is what CORPORATIONS WANT. 3 year release cycles with
5 year support commitment.
I'd say Debian fits that bill might handily, in that respect.
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