Debian has been my desktop for almost seven years. After trying Mandrake, RedHat, Slackware and some of their derivatives, I always reverted back to Debian. I agree that Debian Stable is a slow mover, but think of Debian Stable and Debian Testing remotely akin to RedHat *S and Fedora. Debian Stable moves slowly and it seems things take forever to get there from Testing. The same could be said for Fedora Core and RedHat's *S commercial offerings. If you want pre-built package rotation to move fast, don't use RedHat *S and use Fedora. If you want your package rotation to move faster, use Debian Testing instead of Debian Stable. Debian is also my choice because I have Linux installs on both Mac and PC; it is easier to maintain both systems when using the same distro. I was a lurker on Fernando's list, and got a great deal of very helpful information there. However, I took that info and applied it to my Debian Testing system. No matter what your distro, It will deviate from the pristine snapshot provided by pre-built binary packages. You will probalby need to compile something, edit a file somewhere, upgrade a library . . . I would suggest just pick something and stick with it through the tough times because you will have to do something out of your package management at some point down the road. That statement is more true than you think, especially with sound and music apps on Linux. -=Sean Edwards=- __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
