"John Stoffel" <stoffel@lucent.com> writes:
I've been playing with Debian 3.0 (stable -> unstable -> testing (for XFree86 4.3)) on a laptop, and while I like apt, and how well it does for getting packages and setting them up, it's not perfect either. Part of that might just be getting used to how it works, and of course used to how apt works.
Anything in particular? Just curious. I suspect I'm one of those people who is really used to how APT works, so I like it a lot.
Finding packages can be a pain at times...
Are you not aware of the apt-cache command?
and I'm annoyed it installs a 2.2.x kernel by default. They're slipping behind the times I feel.
Use the bf2.4 installer -- it will install a 2.4 kernel by default.
[snip stuff about using the latest software]
So, what do you all think is the next best distro to go with now?
Well, I would recommend using Debian/unstable (unless testing has new enough packages for you), if you want to play with the newest software. I may be biased, however, :) -- Josh Huber