Re: Desktop user: Etch or the next testing?
- From: Paul E Condon <pecondon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 17:40:17 -0600
On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 02:35:00AM +0800, Wei Chen wrote:
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Michael Pobega wrote:
Isn't testing stable enough for most desktop users? I know myself I
stick with testing as a rolling release (Until they update something
big, then I don't upgrade for two to three weeks).
Testing offers enough stability to be a desktop distro. Of course, the
one thing it is missing is very up to date packages, but that's why
the user has options; You have the option to use Debian as a rolling
release (Testing/Unstable), you have the option to use Debian by it's
release name (Etch/Lenny), or you have the option to not use Debian at
all.
Why my idea just cannot be understood... I did not talk about whether it
is stable enough or not. OK, let me say it in the directest way. (please
forgive me)
Why is Windows used by so many people? Microsoft does not provide to
Microsoft became dominant in the software-for-desktop-computers before
Windows existed. At that time, the typical desktop-computer was quite
incapable of running anything as complicated as Linux/UNIX, or the
current version of Windows. Microsoft has been able to maintain its
market dominance through a variety of marketing tactics. IMHO, it is
a classic example of an inefficient market.
users so many choices. They provide only limited functions and support
limited architectures. They just tune it so that even a fool can use it.
(I am sorry.)
With Linux, with Debian, I believe we can do better with Debian's great
repository. We can provide a standard desktop installation that is fine
tuned and easy to use. And what is better is that users can further
extend the functions with the help of the big repository. The whole
thing can be just a layer that is on top of the current structure. So
servers and experienced users can use their systems as they did before,
but new users get benefits, the community get grown up and the system
gets promoted.
Let even those who never used computers be able to use your system. That
is what Microsoft does. I believe that is the easiest way to promote a
system. We can also do it, without losing freedom.
OK. Maybe this is the last post that I talk about this kind of things.
Sorry again to have mentioned Windows on this list since I know people
here hate it.
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Cheers,
Wei Chen
http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/
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