[Gllug] Linux box keeps rebooting

[Ryan Cartwright]

Jack Bertram wrote:
> * Martin A. Brooks <martin at hinterlands.org> [051208 21:04]:
>>Run that again:  1 computer, 1 installation, 5 years, security updates 
>>during the entire time.
>>
>>Now _that_ it what I call a reliable and trustable distribution.
> 
> 
> Well, the reason I moved away from Debian was that it didn't update
> often enough - for a server, it's fine but for a desktop where I want to
> play with cool stuff as well as the basics, it's a real pain.
> 
> j

I just wanted to echo what Martin and Mike say about unstable. I've been 
running it on two laptops for about six months now - having started on 
one of them with testing. I've had one desktop issue which was solved by 
removing the new app and putting the older version back in.

I moved to Debian from Mandrake (before the merger) on the 
recommendation of a colleague and I have to say the first thing I 
noticed was the ease of package management. I'm not just talking about 
single commands to upgrade a system but using just the one repository. 
With Mandrake I had about four repositories going and with that I soon 
understood what "dependency hell" really meant.

Ryan Cartwright
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