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Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 releasedDebian GNU/Linux 4.0 releasedPosted Apr 8, 2007 18:54 UTC (Sun) by shalem (subscriber, #4062)Parent article: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 released
Good to see Debian alive and well. Also the new installer sounds cool.
However, Debian will never be the distro for me. Released today and then come with gnome 2.14, say what? 2.16 I would have understood, but 2.14??
This is what I have:
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Gnome 2.14 Posted Apr 8, 2007 19:30 UTC (Sun) by Max.Hyre (subscriber, #1054) [Link] Yah, but you can be certain it works with everything else in the release, which is the point of a Debian release: it Just Works.As it happens, Gnome 2.16.2.1 is in the experimental section, and will probably be in unstable shortly. Note that unstable is more stable than most software you'll ever encounter. To each her own.
Gnome 2.14 Posted Apr 8, 2007 20:02 UTC (Sun) by svena (subscriber, #20177) [Link] Large parts of 2.18 are already ready in experimental. I expect there will be backports available through backports.org in good time.
Use the right tool for the right job. Posted Apr 8, 2007 19:50 UTC (Sun) by mheily (subscriber, #27123) [Link] Debian is for servers. Fedora is for desktops.
Use Debian Posted Apr 8, 2007 20:06 UTC (Sun) by davi (subscriber, #18853) [Link] I use Debian, both for servers and desktops, since several years. It just works. It rocks.
Servers and desktops Posted Apr 8, 2007 20:22 UTC (Sun) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648) [Link] Actually, I think that Slackware is great for both. But, I'm horribly biased! ;-) No matter what distro we all use, I think that the hard work the Debian developers has given us has a ripple effect amongst all distros - consider that the contributions made by any subset of the open source community benefit the community as a whole. Many thanks to the Debian community for their hard work. Now, if you'll excuse me I'm going to find a fast download of Debian 4... :-)
package mismanagement, eh? ;-) Posted Apr 8, 2007 23:59 UTC (Sun) by gvy (guest, #11981) [Link] > I think that Slackware is great for both. But, I'm horribly biased! ;-)You probably just happen to oversee very few systems ;-)
Kudos to debian team, iso-dvd/ for i386 and amd64 (as being the best alternative for IP-scarce places) are already heading onto ftp.linux.kiev.ua/pub/Linux/Debian mirror (UA-IX, reasonably fast in Ukraine with 100Mbps in Kiev).
Even if I happen to think that another distro fits me much better, and it's not any of another "big four". :)
package mismanagement, eh? ;-) Posted Apr 9, 2007 3:18 UTC (Mon) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648) [Link] >> I think that Slackware is great for both. But, I'm horribly biased! ;-) Yes, you're correct; I only manage two Slackware computers: my laptop and my desktop. A couple of years ago I managed two servers running Slackware 10.0. Package management on Slackware is really easy - you only have to be fluent in ssh, wget, and upgradepkg. Yeah, yeah, I know, the big-name distros do even that for you, but I kind of like having the control over upgrading packages and patches. Back on-topic to Debian 4, I also want to extend a "thank you" to those online who are participating in the bittorrent swarm. Just since this afternoon I've completed the 1st DVD-ROM ISO; hopefully I'll have the other two by tomorrow (assuming that my ISP doesn't shut off the valve before then...) :-)
package mismanagement, eh? ;-) Posted Apr 9, 2007 4:56 UTC (Mon) by dlang (subscriber, #313) [Link] I've run slackware on 50ish systems, (and switched to debian becouse another department tried to push us to redhat in the name of 'standardization' and 'supportability' now running on a couple hundred servers)
frankly, when you are running a lot of servers, you don't want to use yum, dpkg, aptitude, or any other package management tool from each box directly, you want to deploy some sort of centralized configuration controls, and use those to upgrade your boxes. once you have done this, it really doesn't matter what the 'native' package manager is for those boxes (although it does make a difference on how much work you have to put into the one central image)
Servers and desktops Posted Apr 9, 2007 8:23 UTC (Mon) by Arker (guest, #14205) [Link] I've used most distros at one time or another, and I have to say Debian and Slack are the ones I always come back to. Each has their own strengths. I want to say it would be great if those could be combined - but the result would probably not be so good.
At any rate, congratulations and thanks to all the debian volunteers!
Use the right tool for the right job. Posted Apr 9, 2007 15:27 UTC (Mon) by sjj (guest, #2020) [Link] Debian is for lovers! ;-)
Use the right tool for the right job. Posted Apr 10, 2007 14:31 UTC (Tue) by tjc (guest, #137) [Link] Debian is for servers. Fedora is for desktops.Thanks for your detailed analysis. ;-) I've used Debian on my workstation in the past, and I look forward to trying this version. There's nothing better than a fresh release of Debian stable, before all the software is hopelessly out of date. I might make it all year without something breaking after an update.
Use the right tool for the right job. Posted Apr 13, 2007 3:33 UTC (Fri) by a9db0 (subscriber, #2181) [Link] Debian is for servers, U/K/Xbuntu is for workstations.
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
The reason: same package manager, same tools.
Thank you Debian Developers! My Etch-based routers, file/mail/web servers, and media systems run just great, thank you.
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 released Posted Apr 9, 2007 8:59 UTC (Mon) by dark (subscriber, #8483) [Link] That's okay. The comments on the GNOME 2.18 release complain that not muchhas changed since 2.14, so we're even :)
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