Ralph Shumaker wrote: > > Which distribution would be a better selection? That is, which > distribution has a better focus on its "free" version?
Debian. (Full Disclosure: I am biased) > I know Debian has the reputation for traditionally being the most stable > and bug-free upon release, but they (IIRC) don't focus much on getting > the latest stuff bundled in. This is why Debian offers you three versions: Stable, Testing, and Unstable. Mind you, Stable is the only one with Security coverage. Unstable has all of the latest packages (think of it as an alpha release) and Testing has most of hte major bugs removed (think beta release). Unstable ony gets security updates as the maintainer updates it. These updates then trickle into Testing. Do not use unstable or testing as a firewall, or outside a firewall. > Do we have a wiki on the different distributions regarding their > individual pros and cons? Not that I know of, but one could be made. -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
