On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Might as well draw some attention with a good subject line ;-P > > On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 10:50:02AM +0200, Ivan Savcic wrote: > > > > While we're on the topic, can anyone sum it up, what do people > > generally think is "bad" with Debian? > > The only thing I think is bad about debian is the perception of it > being crusty and outdated. It comes from a basic misunderstanding > of how the various debian branches work. More than once I've spoken to > people who had that feeling about debian until they actually tried it > and learned how it worked.
But mixing branches (stable, testing and unstable) is a no-no, because they depend on different versions of libraries. On the other hand, Backports aside, the list of unofficial APT repositories at apt-get.org is either outdated or the repositories listed there are, because few of them have etch supported. Any other source? > Oh, and the other thing I don't like is how darn easy it is. It makes > it hard to learn anything past a certain point... hence my occaisional > attempts to do things the hard way... Hahah, true. ;) Ivan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]