On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 14:23 -0800, Joe Zeff wrote: > FWIW, unstable doesn't always mean "doesn't work very well" or "tends > to crash." It can also mean "constantly getting updated" as compared > to "stays exactly the same for long periods." There's a couple of commonly used definitions of "stable" used with *ix releases, and you need to check which applies to the distro you're interested in. * The version rarely changes, so you keep on using the same software throughout the life of your installation. Your applications keep working the same way, their configuration and application data is still useable. * The system stays reliably operating, and has very few errors. Software is updated, but it's very rare that any unreliable updates are pushed. The two conditions are not mutually dependent. One big problem with the first one is; eventually you may be forced to update your entire release, because of an application like Firefox becomes too old for the internet (sites become unusable, because plugins aren't available for your old version of the browser). Or a new application that you'd like to use isn't available for your old release, and you can't even compile it, thanks to major system changes in the meantime. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
