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Updates From Debian
A couple of people noted that
"Linuxlookup.com is reporting the third update of Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (codename `woody') which mainly adds security updates to the stable release, along with a few corrections to serious problems. Those who frequently update from security.debian.org won't have to update many packages and most updates from security.debian.org are included in this update." Another reader writes "Looks like the Debian project just released
their old stable distribution (woody) with a huge numbers of security
updates, some removals and some less critical bugfixes. It's been a long
time that we had to wait for it, the last update was in November last year,
together with the break-in." And finally: pkarlos_76 writes "What's holding up Debian Sarge from release to stable? It's those lazy maintainers..... no actually it's just a few issues with security and bugs being quashed, and maybe you can help speed things up, especially if you are a maintainer, as your package will be left out if release candidate bugs are not fixed. Sarge Release Status Update available on Debianhelp . Even if you aren't a maintainer, any help with bug quashing, picking up orphaned packages or what not is always a Good Thing.
Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
It's niche is being so out of date that hackers are no longer familiar with it's versions of packages.
It's news probably because Debian only does updates every 3 years...
"Some things have to be believed to be seen." - Ralph Hodgson
Hahah what is funny is that if there is any news about old retro dying stuff, it is bound to be on the front page, except of course *BSD :-)
:-)
It is a conspiracy you know.
In all seriousness - debian sucks the same way as a swedish student doing illicit massage to help get through college - i.e. it is awesome!
If I didn't use SuSE I would use Debian. If I had another PC *it* would use Debian.
If I had a swedish student trying to earn her way through college....
#hostfile 0.0.0.0 primidi.com 0.0.0.0 www.primidi.com 0.0.0.0 radio.weblogs.com
My machine at home can run redhat, mandrake, suse, and even gentoo, but I can't for the life of me get any debian based distro to work on my PC.
During the base install I will get random package errors. I thought it might be my CD, but i've burned 10 at this point and verified the CRC, so maybe its my sony DVD burner that i'm using to read the disk for the install.
Here's my specs if anyone has a clue
p4 3ghz
intel i865perl motherboard
audigy 2 ZS
Samsung SATA 160 gig drive.
Gainward nvidia FX5900XT
Sony DVD burner
Nothing new or special. Tried doing a netinstall of sarge with the rc2 installer. Tried to ubantu (or however you spell it) and i'm going to try a knoppix chroot install tonight. I've tried other's but no luck on those as well.
Any ideas?
So, Debian is to coma as *BSD is to dying?
home
Maybe you are out of luck since in Sweden college is free for all and students get support from the state.
Debian is the Linux equivalent of Duke Nukem Forever.