[dundee] Pass me a stick i have an Etch

[Jason Cormie]

Arron Finnon wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> 
> Well i have been scouring the Linux news as usual and it really seems
> that new distro's is the topic of the month this month.  For you Debian
> lovers it has finally arrived Etch is here �
> http://www.debian.org/News/2007/20070408.
> 
> Now to be honest with you i have never used a pure Debian being a little
> bit of a newbie i have spent most of my Linux adolescence in Buntu,
> which is a Debian love child (i think this best describes it but i am
> open to better terms) but being the child that it is it stands on the
> shoulders of other people success (but then again we all do that, and
> chats shown through technological history).
> 
> One thing i do know about Debian is that they doesn't half seem to be a
> lot of in fighting and what ever you do don't ask a Debian developers
> about release cycles, i here that a sore one as well.
> 
> So do we have many Debian users on �The List�?  Just in case i decide to
> have a play i want to be able to buy a pint for the usual advice.
> 

I've been using Debian for work (1 x workstation, 8 x servers) & play (2 x
home PC) for about 5 years, I had tried Mandrake and Redhat to begin with but
really like the openness of the Debian project.  More recently I've looked at
the nice and shiny ubuntu, but still stick to Debian.  It is a pain in the ass
when a release is frozen and your favourite package is locked on an ancient
version, but thats what the testing and unstable (and experimental) releases
are for.  Most of the Debian servers I have ran Sarge with couple of packages
from testing in them, so they got the stability of the Stable release plus
some newer software...
When it comes down to it I dont mind waiting for the next new toy if the
servers are going to stay up a lot longer.

I try and squash a few bugs a year and if I had more time(the process looks
like a bitch) I'd try and get a package sponsored and try becoming a proper
Debian Developer.
http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/developers-reference/

this years Debian Conference is in Edinburgh
https://debconf7.debconf.org/wiki/Main_Page

Jason Cormie