On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 08:39 -0400, Claude Jones wrote: > and I did notice that their repos tended to lag behind the release > curve after some time - security patches would come through, but many > other packages would remain with older versions for much longer > periods than with other distros. Didn't Debian always have that reputation? The normal release being somewhat behind the times, but very stable because of it. Those who wanted the lastest, to forgo the ordinary release and get their extra bits another way. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr 2.6.22.1-33.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.