[nmglug] Linux Distributions

[Mark Galassi]

    >> 4.  Staying close to the cutting edge on the software packages.

    Aaron> Debian stinks here.  It may not be for you.  You will
    Aaron> likely find yourself building some critical stuff from
    Aaron> source.  Perhaps a debian-based distro?  Was that Xandros
    Aaron> debian based?

Very wrong wrong: debian testing and unstable are the best for keeping
up with packages.  Major infrastructure shifts (new X issues, for
example) might be more tough, but that's minor compared to (for
example) getting a new gaim automatically on your doorstep soon after
Yahoo! messes up the protocol.

And what do you mean by a "debian-based distro" being faster?  Using
various debian-based distros you quickly find out that what you want
is to point /etc/apt/sources.list to the debian archives to get the
stuff.