On Fri, Jul 26, 2002 at 06:57:47PM +0100, Martin Garton wrote:
> > Anyone used Debian 3.0 yet? I've never used Debian before, but
> > looking at the package list for Woody, it doesn't seem like it's
> > very up to date at all (KDE 2.2, Gnome 1.4 etc.). Any opinions?
Yeah, just that I agereee with Matthew - it's staaaaable. If you want
new stuff, try testing or unstable (sarge or sid) and even the
experimental packages are available. I use unstable and it's
surprisingly stable :)
> Speaking of trying new distributions though, has anyone tried gentoo?
> It seems to be suddenly getting quite popular and looks like its got
> some very new packages included. However, very new often means very
> unstable. Can anyone comment?
Yes, I can :D I've been using gentoo on my main system for a few months
now. It's great and satisfies my desire for uneducated fiddling... I
feel like I'm a real geek when I use gentoo, although I don't know how
most of it works... it looks like I do :)
The thing with gentoo is it's very hands on - I don't really see it
running on a remote server with automated upgrades, but it's possible...
I like it because I get to see what it's doing, have the latest stuff
(KDE3.1alpha1, GNOME2, wine snapshot, etc) and have it run well
(optimised compiling is good)
However it is not without it's problems. It's not a system for a new
Linux user to go for. Ive used RH and Debian for about 3 years now, and
this was a nice step up. It's still young but that means it's changing
lots and quite active and exciting.
Well, it'll keep me happy until the next big thing... me fickle?
whimsical? never.
HTHISW
Alex.
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