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Starting up an old argument: Debian?

post #1 of 5
11/14/03 at 1:56pm
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OK, I really like my Gentoo install so far, but I am getting really tired of compiling every little thing. After some reading, It doesn't look like compiling everything optimized isn't the wonderful boon it is made out to be. The only thing that really matters is the kernel. Everything else you can only expect a 0-15 percent increase in preformance. I am starting to look at debian again as a distro. For those of you who use it, how long does it usually take before new software is included in unstable? I noticed that MozillaFirebird is still at 0.6 and I like the bleeding edge. Is there any alternative binary distro? Maybe a bleeding edge mirror I don't know about?
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post #2 of 5
11/15/03 at 11:29pm
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Originally Posted by dirtboy
After some reading, It doesn't look like compiling everything optimized isn't the wonderful boon it is made out to be.
Welcome to the real world.
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I am starting to look at debian again as a distro. For those of you who use it, how long does it usually take before new software is included in unstable? I noticed that MozillaFirebird is still at 0.6 and I like the bleeding edge. Is there any alternative binary distro? Maybe a bleeding edge mirror I don't know about?
Check out experimental.

edit2: Wow, that's stupid; the new forums don't label the post as editted.
edit3: Or...do they? All manner of confused am I.
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post #3 of 5
11/17/03 at 9:11am
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Originally Posted by Keen
Last edited by Keen on 11-15-2003 at 09:32 PM.
See the tiny print on the bottom of the post?
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post #4 of 5
11/17/03 at 11:00pm
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Originally Posted by fiction1337
See the tiny print on the bottom of the post?
YES, I DO. It didn't appear the first time I editted my post. Apparently the new forums have a bug that I personally find annoying, in that if you post, then edit it before the minute it was posted in passes, it won't mark it as editted.
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post #5 of 5
11/22/03 at 10:54pm

Debian

i run debian since 2.1 I have never managed to quit it. I agree with Keen. Read the debian policy at debian.org. realise what debian calls stable as opposed to other distro. Stable debian mean a lot, and people thta accused it to be old/deprecated just haven't read. I run sid. ( unstable ) and i never had problem with it.
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