Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Aptitude fails to configure 'dirmngr'

My sentiments, too, as a desktop user, but some people who run servers in
particular require stable and do not need the latest and greatest. Why a
desktop user would want to run an older version of the GIMP and not be able
to run LibreOffice at all since it was not around 2 years ago is anybody's
guess.

Roy
Using Kubuntu 12.04, 64-bit
Location: Canada


On 11 July 2012 22:47, Paul <pfrederick1@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, c beck <usabecker@...> wrote:
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> > I think you are barking at the wrong tree. The testing branch is for
> > testing... If you want something functional for daily use, you probably
> > want to find a more stable release.
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> The problem with Debian stable is it would be more aptly named Debian
> Stale. By the time the Debian team is ready to put the stable stamp on a
> release it is usually about 2 years out of date. Which can lead to problems
> if one wishes to run some software not found in the distribution repository.
>
> cat /etc/debian_version says 6.0.5 on this machine but whether I'm running
> pure stable or not is a point of contention.
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> ~$ dpkg -l | grep "~bpo" | wc -l
> 37
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> I've done a bit of other monkey business here and there in order to get
> some things to work too. For instance du -h on /usr/local returns 865M
> which is a fair chunk of my /usr directory that totals 5.6G
>
> Watching that scroll by reminded me why I love Linux so much. Seeing so
> many old friends, even if only fleetingly ...
>
> This box is young yet. I've only been running it for a couple months now.
> It is getting there though. I like a certain level of cruft to be really
> comfortable. Building a thick enough layer up can take me a couple of years.
>
> Linux, computing the way it was meant to be.
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