[Grml] Re: Debian Etch and grml

[Marc Haber]

On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 01:50:59PM +0100, Michael Prokop wrote:
> * Marc Haber <mh+grml at zugschlus.de> [20070116 13:15]:
> > Fortunately, a lot of newbies use older hardware for Linux.
> 
> True for workstations, but IMO not true for notebooks.

Using Linux on a notebook is "hohe Schule". Not a good idea for a
newbie.

> > How does the user do this when she cannot log in to her primary
> > computer?
> 
> *I* for example have never ever experienced something like that.

I have.

> > While this is for example understandable for exim 3, which has been
> > obsoleted upstream by exim 4 some five years ago, this is ridiculous
> > for some KDE apps which do not get upstream support because it is four
> > weeks old.
> 
> Just think of the big KDE version steps between woody (2.2.2) and
> sarge (3.3.2).

We agree that the sarge release did take _TOO_ much time.

Greetings
Marc

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