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Debian 3.0r6 Released

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the old-favorites dept.

Polkan Garcia writes "The Debian group has released an update to the 'Woody' distribution of the popular GNU/Linux OS. From the site: 'This is the sixth and final 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.' More good news: r6 is the final update of woody, the new stable release is coming."

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  1. Only a moron... by ylikone · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    would deploy debian as desktop systems. For that use Suse, Mandrake or Ubuntu. Debian is a server platform primarily.

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    Meh.
  2. Not hands down. by flithm · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I think it comes a close second to Gentoo. In terms of thoughtful design anyway... silly ricer ethics aside.

    But despite this... your question of "why are so many distros based on Debian?" Well Debian is certainly well designed, and this is definitely part of the reason, but it's not the whole of it.

    The reason why there are so many based on Debian is because the Debian project leaders suck huge. RH may have sold its soul to the devil, but Debian is like the really promising super smart kid who found the joys of weed, and spent the rest of his life in a basement smoking dope, watching tripped out screensavers, and eating brownies.

    Debian was great. Now it's just an old decrepid remnant of its former self. Many others have picked up in its wake though, so it's all good. Nothing lost, and all to gain!