On 08/29/2012 11:14 AM, Chris Cannam wrote: > On 29 August 2012 14:48, Richard > Bown<richard.b...@ferventsoftware.com> wrote: >> On 29 Aug 2012, at 15:36, John<wildber...@cogeco.ca> wrote: [...] >>> I have reached the point in life where I become immune to the >>> accusation of being to lazy to learn how to make programs to >>> work. I rather prefer to spend my time to smell the roses. >> >> Well said, sir. > > I'm not sure there is such a simple dichotomy, though. It has so > much to do with temperament and perspective. > > For instance, I'm sure that (of historical Rosegarden developers) > you and Guillaume would agree that your lives have been more > pleasant since you stopped having to apply the principle that "it has > to be beaten into shape in order to work in Linux" and switched to > other platforms in which you get things done more readily. Revisiting > other operating systems in the light of your experience with Linux, > you find one of them more satisfying and switch -- contentedly, I > assume. > > On the other hand I've had similar experience of other platforms and > found that, in comparison, Linux is the one I most enjoy using, for > many largely subjective reasons. So the same experience has made me > more content as well, but in a different way. > > As another example -- John wrote, likely accurately, > >> A number of writer to this thread made reference to their recently >> discovered new distro [...] The next update will bring them back to >> reality.
FWIW, I've been running Debian Sid on several machines for many years. I've only had two dist-upgrades produce failures that required restoring a system image. (And one of those dist-upgrade failures happened because I was mixing Sid with Experimental.) So if I can do all my productive work using Sid, via updating apps when I need a new feature or bug fix in one of my production apps, then it's not hard. FWIW, long before I switch to Sid, I tried to dist-upgrade an Ubuntu installation once. It completely hosed the system. That was on a throwaway box, so I didn't have a system image to restore. I still think dist-upgrading an Ubuntu is a risky proposition. -- David gn...@hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://clanjones.org/david/ http://dancing-treefrog.deviantart.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-user mailing list Rosegarden-user@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
