[SlugLUG] Help Me Choose

[Matt Thrailkill]

If you are considering Debian testing vs unstable though, you could
track the same thing in Ubuntu.  Except you'd get Ubuntu's slant of more
bleeding edge desktop bits.  IME, Debian testing is pretty decent to
follow if it is within a few months of a release.  Unstable is ok too,
but depending on how you like things, it may be too much flux.
Switching up to Ubuntu's testing/unstable wouldn't require an os
reinstall either I don't think, so it would be easier than going Debian.

On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 12:29 -0700, Rohan Sheth wrote:
> So for the past 4 months I have been running Ubuntu.  Before that I
> used ArchLinux for 2 months, before that Gentoo for 4 year, before that
> Slackware for 2 years.  I like ubuntu because it happily picks up most
> of the devices on my laptop with little configuration (Thinkpad T43)
> however I dislike this 6 month release schedule.  I figure...why wait
> for Ubuntu to sync with Debian when I could just use Debian...?
> 
> So I am in need of some advice...the new Ubuntu Edgy looks promising
> (including the new init system) but what is the point of waiting for
> Ubuntu to release something that Debian is already on top of?  I like
> to run somewhat bleeding-edge on my workstation (thus my gentoo
> experience) so I thought I might jump ship over to Debian.  What I need
> help with is deciding testing vs. unstable.  I realize that many use
> unstable with great success but the "unstable" has me a little scared.
> Any suggestions?  If a decision is made soon I hope to join the person
> installing gentoo on his laptop tomorrow night @ baskin.
> 
> Oh yea, if anyone wishes to know, my reason for not using gentoo this
> time around is that I really really don't want to wait 2 hours for xorg
> to compile =P
> 
> Thanks,
> Rohan
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