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No-one wrote a "read more" section for it?

As linked in the item, we already covered the release pretty well and detailed. No need to make the exact same item again two days later.

I was wondering the same thing; your explanation makes sense.

No sense in posting redundant posts

I was wondering the same thing; your explanation makes sense.

No sense in posting redundant posts

Thom_Holwerda trolled...

Yeah, because Debian is only one of the most recognized and valuable server operating systems in widely in use; no need to have hundreds of stories on it.

[irony]
Ohhhh look!!!111eleventy-one, someone posted on their blog about Windows Seven seems faster than Vista. Quick someone submit it as a front page article!!!!!oneoneone[/sarcasm]

--bornagainpenguin

Edited 2009-02-16 05:10 UTC

So I guess you won't post a news item on Windows 7's release day then since you've already covered Windows 7 extensively.

Ah, I see the armchair crowd has joined us? Enjoying that bag of chips, girls?

Thom Holwerda trolled again...

I just call it as I see it. I'd apologize if the truth is uncomfortable for you, but having one's biases exposed is never fun...so should we expect to see a bunch of Windows Seven coverage on release or will OSNews simply rest on its previous coverage? Tell us, is your consistency only skin deep?

--bornagainpenguin

EDIT - speeling

Edited 2009-02-17 18:14 UTC

software is not obsolete if it works and fulfills its role

Windows 3.x worked and fulfilled its role.

The same truly cannot be said in the present sense ...

Obiviously, because Windows 3.1 isn't in use much anymore.

Vista certainly fulfills in the same way -- for me and millions of others.

Back when the '486/66 machines were top of the line, I remember reading a PC Magazine review which commented that there was finally a machine, albeit an expensive one, that could run Windows 3.1 at a reasonable speed. So yes, I guess you could say that Vista fulfills in the same way...

Edited 2009-02-17 19:25 UTC

Funny, Vista runs perfectly well on my three-year old P4 system that set me back all of about $700. If you think that's expensive for a computer, you have issues.

Except the point of stable is that it is tried and tested. Obsolete is just another word for it depending on your point of view.

bring on a new round of testing/sid!

can you do it better?

don't be too fast to criticize the debian's team!

congrats guys!

When I saw your avatar, I couldn't help but think that that woman had just found out the version of GLIBC included. :-0

Edited 2009-02-16 07:21 UTC

I'd guess she's a RedHat fan who was shocked to find out that Debian 5.0 ships with glibc 2.7 while RHEL 5.3 (released in 2009-01-20) only includes glibc 2.5.

By myself? No. Do other distros manage to do it better? Yes.

Not many distros, however, manage to offer over 23,000 packages, 5 DVDs, supporting 12 architectures! (And everything stable and bug-free).

Your avatar is simply unfair. How can I even presume to stand up to Spock in his prime, in "The Undiscovered Country"?

I've no choice but to concede, darn it! ;-)

Your avatar is simply unfair. How can I even presume to stand up to Spock in his prime, in "The Undiscovered Country"?

I've no choice but to concede, darn it! ;-) "

LOL!

All of it bug-free? All of it, every single possible usage scenario, with every conceivable combination of hardware and software? I highly doubt it. It may be mostly bug-free, but nothing is ever 100%, completely, utterly bug-free. Never. Never has been, never will be.

Debian releases when the count of release-critical bugs is zero. Thus not your definition of bug-free.
However my experience of comparing Debian to other distros over the years (and mind you, Debian is not the only one I like), is that a Debian release is indeed bug-free for any practical purpose.

It really does depend upon one's definition of "bug". Say you are running Debian, you go to YouTube, or whatever, and a Flash video won't play because your version of Gnash is not new enough. Or you try to open an ODF document and it doesn't work because your version of Abiword or Gnumeric is too old. Are those bugs? Many would argue that the software was not intended to play that Video, or open those ODF files, so they are not bugs, but simply a lack of particular features. My users would call them a bugs. And I would be hard-pressed to dispute them.

Note that I am not criticizing ODF, here. It's not that ODF is a moving target, but that ODF support in Abiword and Gnunmeric are incomplete "works in progress" at this time. And we all know what a "work in progress" Gnash is.

Edited 2009-02-17 08:03 UTC

All these things work fine for me and I have five computers in my house running lenny for over a year now!

And you know what? It cost me nothing and does everything I and my kids want for school.

Sure some school stuff was windows only, but I just wrote the principle and told him to change his Luddite attitude and move his kids into the 20th century and now there's no problem. Take control of your life, freedoms, destiny and stop expecting everyone to do everything for you!

A big and sincere Thankyou to all involved with Debian and linux in general, we know the battle is hard and you keep coming through for us year after year. Great jobs guys and gals!

The computer is my slave, I am not a slave to the computer, I expect the printer to work.

Over the years I have tried to get it to work.(Me being a slave to the computer).

You know what it was painless. I googled found relevant links telling capt this compatible driver that. I did it, it didn't work. I clicked print. Nothing happened. I turned off or reboot the PC, a blank page got fed through the printer.

Why? My programming skills at best is creating a calculator program with complex numbers.

Ahh stuff it, I am not going to type anymore about it.

Edited 2009-02-16 11:43 UTC

http://www.openprinting.org

Everything you need to know to get printing working in CUPS ... and whether or not it's even worth attempting, based on the printer model.

Thanks. I will have a look.

:-)