[Gllug] Ubuntu and me - suggestions requested (polite ones
Chris Bell
chrisbell at overview.demon.co.uk
Fri Nov 14 09:07:03 UTC 2008
On Thu 13 Nov, Tethys wrote:
>
>
> 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).
>
> Tet
It only takes a few seconds to check the Debian website. You can use
stable or testing instead, but that might initiate an unexpected total
upgrade when the changes occur.
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