[clug] Re: Slackware session: was Debian session for any Choobs?

[Nathan O'Sullivan]

+1 my distribution is better than yours flame war

I thought we were past this?

Adam Jenkins wrote:
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>> Full Metal Gerbil? Ubuntu "is all about updates" but Slackware is better >because they don't update? What do you do for security issues? 
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> http://www.slackware.com/security/list.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009
> Slackware don't update for the sake of updating..  It's only for good reason (i.e. stability/security).  
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>> I think this guy is suffering "second girlfriend syndrome" and doesn't >realise it (ie: your new girlfriend is better because *you* are better).
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> Er what?  I don't understand your analogy.  
> Ubuntu seems to have acquired the reputation of being almost as hardcore (+1 geek factor) as Debian, only shinier and with free media.  Otherwise it suffers from bad design, which anyone who has used a semi-decent stable OS like Slackware, or a commercial desktop OS like Fedora/SuSE would realise straight away.   
> But Ubuntu is good for people who are new to Linux, and the LiveCD thing is cool, except that almost every other distro has it now too.
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