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

[Alain Williams]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 01:43:21PM +0000, 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,

+1 -- I find their naming a pain.

> 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).


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