Why buy the CD at all? Most "popular" linux users, won't be downloading and installing a new kernel right away - and they certainly want to see what they hype is about. They won't get to with Debian 2.1. The latest software needs glibc-2.1.x (i.e. java2), Star Office, etc. I am on your side - I like Debian, I just think that they shouldn't be quite so anal about their release - or put more work into testing [ a little faster ]. Maybe a BSD like release schedule would be better for them. Release the 2.2 as 3.0 and let it be used as a general release and wide spread testing and the little bug reports will come in nicely for the 3.1 Stable release (yes, I know this is controversial in the BSD world as well). After all, they are developing a new branch and they haven't even released the frozen one. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Lutgens <ben at sistina.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 8:48 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG:19211] debian install > On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 08:18:04AM -0500, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > > > >Exactly - which is exactly why they should release it before they are behind > >a kernel version (in their release distro) yet again. > > Behind a kernel version? How hard is it to download a new kernel? The kernel > does not make the dist. You can get that anywhere. What makes a dist are the > packages that are available, how they're packaged and how stable they are. > > > > -- > Ben Lutgens Cell: 651.387.9065 Home: 651.703.9541 > > "I thought Christmas only comes once a year..." > James Bond - The World Is Not Enough > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org