On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 03:37:16PM -0700, Mark wrote: > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Freeman <hew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 03:03:41PM -0400, Matt Harrison wrote: > > > > > > > > All fine points....here you go: > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users > > > > > > > > > > As regards Debian users, the pros and cons of another distro vis-a-vis > > their > > system is legit. > > > > As regards Ubuntu users seeking Debian advice, I think they should > > establish > > a debuntu-users list. But that is irrelevant to this thread. > > > > Well, there is no interest in me or the people I provide support for, to > move to Ubuntu, although I can see where this conversation would have merit > to someone. I received a few responses answering my original question, so > thank you for those. Guess the way to go is with upgrading. For all its > flaws, one nice thing about Windows is that it has a 10-year (14-year for > XP) support cycle, so while there may be service packs, etc., to the end > user, the interface is virtually the same for 10 years. I realize that not > upgrading/getting more goodies/etc. is not the preference of most people on > the list, but for some Debian users it might be. It's an "if it ain't > broke, don't fix it" type thing. >
I am feeling your pain. :( After 1.5 testing cycles, I have tried to follow squeeze into stable. But now I am remembering that my testing cycle idea was to have a sort of rolling release. I would put off upgrades of touchy sounding packages until I was sure of negotiating a good outcome. I would store versions with apt-cacher so I wouldn't have to go looking for packages to back out of problems. I wouldn't let myself feel inclined to immediately upgrade everything that presented. But I still hit bumps in the road with my old Radeon and some sound issues. I still found myself under upgrade pressure from the shear number of packages migrating to testing. I still had to analyze dependency knots from being spread all over the release schedule. Now I have sid & unstable creeping more and more into my "stable" system that was only suppose to diversify to the extent of stable-updates, backports, multimedia and a few choice packages. If I stay with squeeze to the bitter end, I will have 5 years. But, 2 of them, I spent more time working on my system than using it. And, in 3 years I am looking at a big upgrade, potentially with issues I have become unfamiliar with, and an undetermined learning period, possibly with a switch away from Gnome. My lack of decision on this is netting me a stable system with increasing amounts of sid and unstable, not to mention a little oldstable. -- Regards, Freeman "Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO (or Linux) is the answer." --Somebody -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110405235112.GA4802@Europa.office