[Gllug] Ubuntu and me - suggestions requested (polite ones please)

[John Winters]

Tethys wrote:
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> 
> "John Winters" writes:
> 
>>> On the desktop however Etch is rather elderly...
>> Lenny has been fully ready for the desktop for ages now.
> 
> Of course, this highlights a problem with Debian -- their ridiculous
> use of codenames for their releases means no one has a clue which
> release is which, unless you happen to pay close attention to the
> Debian world (which I don't). I couldn't have told you which was newer,
> Sarge, Etch, Lenny, Bo or any of the others. Ubuntu has a similar
> problem, although they're not quite as bad, in part due to the
> alphabetical ordering (if you ignore Warty and Hoary, that is).

But who in their right minds would attempt a Linux installation without 
first familiarising themselves with the entire Toy Story saga?

Cheers,
John

OTOH - it's fairly to remember that "Stable" is the current one, 
"Testing" is the next one and "Unstable" bites.
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