http://blog.avi.co Open Source Software Hippy and all-round pedant Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:41:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://blog.avi.co/wp/blimey-that-was-chilly/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Greg Lorriman Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:41:38 +0000 http://aviswebsite.co.uk/?p=423#comment-167 My goodness, you talk a lot. My goodness, you talk a lot.

]]> http://blog.avi.co/wp/joining-the-canonical-microsoft-fray/comment-page-1/#comment-160 jeg Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:11:29 +0000 http://aviswebsite.co.uk/?p=647#comment-160 Switch to Debian Testing. It's more stable than Ubuntu, and has newer software because it's a "rolling release" (ie, software packages are updated as soon as they are tested for stability by the Debian devs -- not every 6 months like with Ubuntu). Doing a "apt-get update" always gives you the latest versions of Debian packages. Plus, the Debian community is completely open and transparent, unlike Canonical with its closed development, heavily censored forums, and decisions made by corporate types who pay only cheap lip service to free software ideals. Switch to Debian Testing. It’s more stable than Ubuntu, and has newer software because it’s a “rolling release” (ie, software packages are updated as soon as they are tested for stability by the Debian devs — not every 6 months like with Ubuntu). Doing a “apt-get update” always gives you the latest versions of Debian packages. Plus, the Debian community is completely open and transparent, unlike Canonical with its closed development, heavily censored forums, and decisions made by corporate types who pay only cheap lip service to free software ideals.

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