[Gllug] Linux box keeps rebooting

[Martin A. Brooks]

Jack Bertram wrote:
> testing is ok but not up-to-date,

martin at winter:~$ ssh -v
OpenSSH_4.2p1 Debian-5, OpenSSL 0.9.8a 11 Oct 2005

martin at winter:~$ svn --version
svn, version 1.2.3 (r15833)

martin at winter:~$ apache2 -v
Server version: Apache/2.0.54

martin at winter:~$ psql --version
psql (PostgreSQL) 7.4.8

Which app wasn't up to date enough for you?


> and unstable just doesn't work well enough.

It's been my desktop-du-jour for about 6 years.  Yes, it breaks, yes you 
get the latest stuff.  You can't have the latest stuff AND stuff that 
doesn't break.  Stuff that doesn't break doesn't break because it's been 
tested over a long period of time.

> I don't want my desktop to break all the time, I just want to be able to
> try new apps when I can.

So what's stopping you?


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