On Thursday 27 April 2017 20.25:33 deloptes wrote: > Thierry de Coulon wrote: > > The kernel alone is not always enough. Some developments go fast and > > always rely on a complex group of up-to-date libraries. > > > > For these software Debian(s) often is years back in time, and even a > > brand new stable is usually not compatible. > > I agree with you, so do you think Ubuntu delivers stable software ... from > what I've seen it is not worth trying it. The only use I see in ubuntu is > on usb stick to quickly repair something. I have very little experience with Ubuntu, I never liked this distribution. I was just stating facts. > You could easily take debian testing or unstable if you want to catch up. > Everything has pros and cons. > > regards As I have several computers (different generations...) and big disks, I usually run several species of Linux in multiboot (my standard install uses "only" 150 GB, so a 2 TB disk is more than enough). Debian (or Debianbased) is my first choice for my main machine (with a newer kernel if necessary, such as support for a sound card (yes, Jessie does not support my 2012 card out of the box...). openSUSE is generaly my second choice (because I can install TDE) but newer versions are no more up to what SuSE was :( As you say, everything has pros and cons... but with Linux you always have another possibility! Regards, Thierry --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
