Hi, * Petar Milin <pmi...@ff.uns.ac.rs> [090915 16:10]: > > > Vera, Pedro L. wrote: >> I am currently running R in a Debian-based distro (Antix) and I have been >> very pleased with the performance. I tried many other distros, >> including Ubuntu (where I started my linux adventure) but I found that Antix >> is very fast, very flexible and suited to my needs. >> There are other fine Debian distros out there, so I think it would be worth >> exploring other options to Ubuntu. > > Yes. Concept that i liked so much in Debian testing is that there is no > need to bother with upgrading, like with Ubuntu every six months, or > with Debian stable. And upgrading is a risky business I think. > On the other side, Ubuntu IS Debian with some corporative support, > targeting end-user, hence, so polished. And that is good, specially for > beginners. > >> Currently, I have the option to keep my system rock solid using only stable >> repos or open it to stable and testing (which introduces some risk). >> However, in a well-supported distro with a good forum where instability >> issues are discussed, this is not so much of an issue. >> You will have to determine your comfort level with the risk. > > I tried, shortly, SuSE and Mandriva. Also, Fedora. All of those, in my > opinion are behind Debian and Ubuntu. Fedora is too edgy, almost > experimental. SuSe has ridiculous control system and is Microsoft > infected. Mandriva might be somewhat better then the other two for end > user. > >> All in all, I would recommend staying with Debian and testing out other >> distros to see which one suits you. >> The advantage of linux is precisely the choices available. > > So, then, my question would be: stable or testing Debian? How do they > respond to changes in R? Is testing much more responsive?
I am running Debian stable and am backporting new versions of R to Debian stable. On average, new versions of R should be available (on CRAN) much earlier than they migrate from unstable to testing. Kind regards, Johannes Ranke > > Best, > PM > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Debian mailing list > R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian -- Dr. Johannes Ranke jra...@uni-bremen.de _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian