hallo,
could someone please explain to me why the software provided in the distro's
repos sometimes seem a bit outdated? this seems (to me) not being a trisquel
specific issue, but rather any linux distros, ubuntu, opensuse...
right now i'm still busy with setting up my MacBook properly for
Trisquel's repositories are based on an Ubuntu version which is at least 5
months old, hence the software becomes outdated. If you need newer software
you can search for a PPA, compile from source (might not work due to old
libraries) or use a distro with updated software (e.g. Parabola which
Trisquel 5.5 is based on Ubuntu 11.10(October 2011). The next version(6.0 LTS
- long-term support) will be based on 12.04(April 2012).
That is, the software repository for version 5.5 (except Abrowser) were
launched in October 2011 or before.
zacundo as far as I know, the reason they fall out of date is for stability
reasons. companies normally prefer this.
before making a release they freeze the soft on the repos at a point where
you are sure it works. to make an update you have to make sure it will not
break some other depende
To avoid breaking any dependencies, you can also install everything
(including new build dependencies) in a separate directory using the
"--prefix" option.
I still use Trisquel 5.0 (dagda), but I want to use the newest release of
GIMP, so I build its newer dependencies, glib, gtk+, babl, ge
>software provided in the distro's repos sometimes seem a bit outdated? this
seems (to me) not being a trisquel specific issue, but rather any linux
distros
A GNU/Linux distribution is a collection of packages. The outdatedness
happens partly because different software packages releases occ
