<OT> RedHat makes a buck
Ben Duncan
bend at linux4ms.net
Wed Dec 24 06:37:14 PST 2008
Again ... 'tis why I stick with Slackware .... might be not as "Windowes"
as the rest of the distro but QUOTE " That $hit just works ...." end QUOTE ..
Collins Richey wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 9:01 PM, Tony Alfrey <tonyalfrey at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> I always wait until all of the guinea pigs have
>> thoroughly beat something to death before switching)
>> ;-)
>
> Ditto. Earlier experience with *buntu disabused me of becoming an
> early adopter. If you want a guaranteed to be broken system, just put
> up the .0 release of a new *buntu candidate!
>
> Sidux/sid can exhibit this behavior, but the numerous early adopters
> usually post a warning on the forums when bad things happen. I failed
> to read the notices just once (1 year ago) and got to investigate the
> howtos for fixing a broken xorg. Fortunately the typical duration on
> Sidux from early reports to a solid fix/workaround is less than 3
> days. I suspect that some of the early adopters don't really have a
> life away from the keyboard.
>
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- Hanlon's Razor
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