[sclug] Debian Install

[Derek M Jones]

Simon,

>Redhat now end support after a certain number of months of a new
>distribution being out don't they unless you pay.
>Their enterprise linux product gets a longer support lifespan however.
>
>It's also harder (or at least it used to be, haven't done so for a
>while) to upgrade between releases of Redhat than it is to do so for
>Debian.

Constant upgrading is a real pain.  I find it best not to upgrade unless
I have to (I stayed with RH7.1 untill about a month ago).

Recent attempts to move to the latest versions of xpdf and groff
proved the benefits (as if I should have needed any) of this approach (they
were both 'improved' in ways that broke them for my usage).

I appreciate that there is a group of people who face peer group
pressure to upgrade (who said Linux was not a fashion industry).
But tendyness aside, Linux has stabilized sufficiently that frequent
upgrades are not necessary.
 

derek

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