Binary incompatibility of Linux distributions

[Steven Susbauer]

On Thu, 21 May 2009 10:09:10 -0500, anthony baldwin  
<photodharma at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>> Everything Linux is a blinking moving target. There has to be a
>>> compromise and if you do not like that, go install Debian stable. They
>>> don't compromise...they just make a release after a decade or two.
>>>
>>
>> While this comes off as "if you don't like it, then leave" it is
>> actually sound advice. To those who need a rock-solid distro, Debian
>> stable or CentOS is the place to be. Ubuntu is not.
>>
>
> Personally, I find it odd that Ubuntu, being supposedly aimed at helping
> the Windows world to Linux, doesn't focus more on stability and less on
> cutting edge.
> PCLinuxOS is another good distro for those more concerned with stability.
>
> I'm considering a move to Debian or Arch, myself...I don't know...
>
> /tony

I don't really understand how moving to Arch is going to help your  
stability issues (nor how Arch is not cutting edge... it is a rolling  
release, Ubuntu by design is *less* cutting edge).

I've had a long time experience with self-maintained (more or less)  
distros and eventually realized that having almost everything working out  
of the box allowed for better productivity than having to make everything  
work out of the box myself.