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List:       lyx-users
Subject:    Re: [OT] Best KDE-centric Distribution?
From:       curtis osterhoudt <flutzpah () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2008-01-15 4:33:46
Message-ID: 239998.55410.qm () web60425 ! mail ! yahoo ! com
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I'm using sidux (based on Debian unstable) and have been since it branched off of \
Kanotix. It's easily stable enough for my everyday use, and yet things like the \
latest LyX are available quite quickly from repositories (and there's nothing \
stopping one from downloading and installing from the latest development snapshots). \
The Debian LyX maintainer generally gets versions out to the repositories within a \
week of a new release. I started out using Mandrake for my linux, then moved to Mepis \
and SUSE (and have tried the BSDs and source-oriented distros such as SourceMage and \
Gentoo), and have pretty much settled on Debian for its stability and huge package \
selection.   
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----- Original Message ----
From: rgheck <rgheck@bobjweil.com>
To: M-L <rosesnug@clearmail.com.au>
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 8:55:29 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] Best KDE-centric Distribution?


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has 1.5.2, but even that's out of date, and, as you say, that's not yet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.

Richard








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