On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 10:26:55AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > Debian stable releases seem to upgrade better to the next release than > Ubuntu. I think Ubuntu should really put some more effort into making > sure upgrades work flawlessly. I think fixed release dates is a huge > mistake on the part of Ubuntu, but rather typical of anything with > commercial backing.
No, I think it is typical for any distribution that is new enough not have made enough mistakes in the upgrade process. One of Debian's strengths is that they have been around for a long while, and have learned most of the time. I bet that in the beginning, upgrading a Debian/Stable was still a hazzle. > I have never tried gentoo, since it is fundamentally the wrong way to do > a system. Sorry if I over react, but I am a bit allergic to anyone claiming something is "fundamentally the wrong way to do" almost anything. I guess most of the ways have their justifications for some situations. I learned a lot from the year I installed and run Gentoo on my desktop. That experience was the direct cause that I dared to to a Debian install over the net, with not much help from the local people... Just stick in a CD (I think it wasn't even Debian, possibly Knoppix), enable me to ssh in, and I took it from there. Bit scary to tell it to reboot, but it did come up, and was a functional system... I guess a Debian wizard would have done it with just Debian background, but walking through the Gentoo installation was a good learning experience. (and maintaining the system for a while too, although that was what convinced me to switch back to Debian). Best regards Heikki -- Heikki Levanto "In Murphy We Turst" heikki (at) lsd (dot) dk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]