Ubuntu 6.10, OpenSUSE 10.2 Rise to (and in Some Ways Above) Microsoft's Vista Challenge (eWeek)

Ubuntu 6.10, OpenSUSE 10.2 Rise to (and in Some Ways Above) Microsoft's Vista Challenge (eWeek)

I've had Debian updates overwrite local changes to X config. Not sure if this was with Sarge or earlier, but at least for a while debconf (? or something) was installed so that by default it assumed it was in charge of the X config. There were ways of telling it not to touch parts or all of the config, but as best I recall - as I think about it, this was a while ago, must have been before Sarge - the instructions weren't where you'd naturally see them until after your hand tuned config had been blown away and you went looking for the culprit.

FWIW, I've been using Debian on both desktops and servers since about 1996, but have had nothing but Ubuntu on our desktops (and laptop) since about mid 2005. I used to say that I'd be sticking with Debian for servers, but lately I've been rethinking that, as some temporary testing setups using Ubuntu have worked really well... at least until I started messing with getting Xen setup to consolidate some services and reduce the number of fans whirring in my office at home. Maybe that's still not quite ready for general use. :-(