Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 30th Jul 2007 21:52 UTC, submitted by da_Chicken
SimplyMEPIS, a very popular desktop Linux,
is going to change back to using Debian Linux for its core from Ubuntu. In March of 2006, MEPIS founder Warren Woodford, decided to switch to Ubuntu from Debian for the next version of SimplyMEPIS, version 6.0. The plan was to use Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Long Term Service), a.k.a. Dapper Drake, as MEPIS' foundation. Things have changed.
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2006-01-16
Yes that's right. Some software just isn't meant to be blocked by package managers. You can get some things from http://www.getdeb.net but the quality varies. I think some programs should either be put into a special category for updating, or simply, users should get an easy option to switch sources of packages to get latest versions.
Eg: nvidia drivers or openoffice is a nice example.