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

[Sam Couter]

Adam Jenkins <a_w_jenkins at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> 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).  

Rebuttal: Debian stable, Ubuntu LTS. Nobody's forcing you to update
anything at all and it's easy to just get security and/or serious bug
fixes if you want (and you should).

> 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.

2/10 Too obvious. Back under your bridge.
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