Ubuntu Repositories

[Derek Broughton]

Jason Taylor wrote:

>> If you want more recent software than that, you don't want to be using
>> the standard repositories of _any_ Debian-based distro.
> 
> Which makes total sense on a server and almost no sense on a desktop
> (apart from 'system' level packages)....

It makes _perfect_ sense.  Debian is famous for being even further behind 
the cutting edge, because they test everything until they start getting 
developer attrition due to old age.  Ubuntu has taken a more aggressive 
approach - they'll test everything until it's "good enough".  

You can always get up-to-date packages for any particular app, but you can't 
guarantee they'll integrate with your existing desktop.

If you want "good enough", you enable the -updates and -backports 
repositories, and sometimes you still need to enable a PPA or a vendor's own 
repo.  If that's still not cutting-edge enough for you, you need a different 
distro.
-- 
derek