On Bugs and Linux Quality

Karl Goetz karl at kgoetz.id.au
Thu Jun 26 03:54:53 BST 2008


On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 19:53 +1000, Daniel Mons wrote:
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> Blindraven wrote:
> | *shrug*
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> | I agree fully with the op.

trim

> It should be mentioned that a common criticism of RedHat Enterprise
> Linux is that it moves quite slowly.  They are slow to adopt new
> features, and are extremely conservative when it comes to making
> changes.  The upside of course is that upgrades are predictable and that
> sudden changes in the system that will break things are unlikely.  I
> prefer Ubuntu (and Debian) simply for their faster adoption of new
> features, and their brilliant "APT" package manager.  But again, the
> downside of a fast-moving system is the occasional software hiccup.

Surely your not saying Debian stable has "faster adoption" then Red Hat
EL? Or were you refering to release turn around time?
kk

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Karl Goetz <karl at kgoetz.id.au>
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