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List:       lyx-users
Subject:    Re: [OT] Best KDE-centric Distribution?
From:       Typhoon <typhoon () aanet ! com ! au>
Date:       2008-01-15 4:11:15
Message-ID: 20080115151115.d36d5b04.typhoon () aanet ! com ! au
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On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:55:29 -0500
rgheck <rgheck@bobjweil.com> wrote:

> M-L wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, rgheck shared this with us all:
> >   
> >> --}
> >> --} I've been using Fedora ever since I started using Linux, but
> >> the --} second-rate status of KDE under Fedora is starting to get
> >> to me, so I'm --} thinking about switching. But then: to what? I
> >> don't think Kubuntu is --} for me. Gentoo would be an option, but
> >> then I'm not sure I want to be --} quite that bleeding-edge. So,
> >> the question: What? --}
> >> --} Richard
> >> --}
> >> --}
> >>     
> >
> > Debian Etch.
> >
> > [snip]
> Thanks for the suggestion. I've thought about Debian, and it has a
> great reputation for stability. That said, while I don't want to be
> absolutely bleeding edge, I do like to be near it, and Debian at
> least has a reputation for being, well, stable. Just looking at the
> packages, it looks like Lyx 1.4.3 is the most recent in etch. It
> looks as if lenny has 1.5.2, but even that's out of date, and, as you
> say, that's not yet ready. So, well, I'm still looking.
> 

I use Debian Etch, and it is rock solid. I tried Lenny for a while, but
I don't need that much updating on my regular work machine.

Lyx 1.5.3 compiled with not a single glitch, so if that is all you are
worried about, don't.

Alan

> Richard
> 
> 
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