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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: The entire history of GuhNoo/FOSS/Linux hobbyware in 3 words
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:04:24 -0400
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rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 07:38:32 -0400, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>
>> The paragraph above should be read by anyone considering moving to
>> Linux. Don't install the latest release because most of it has not yet
>> been sorted out by the developers. None of it comes with any kind of
>> warranty, and they mean it.
>
> I'll agree with that. My production machine at work is Debian, which is a 
> conservative distro. Even that is Debian 11, not the current 'bookworm'. I 
> like stable. It gets some updates but not major parts of the system.

I ran Debian Sid (unstable) for quite awhile. Was nice to have later versions
of some packages; not many real issues surfaced.

> My Fedora box is an experiment and I knew what I was getting into. 
>
> I ran openSUSE 13.2 for years, long after it went out of support, with no 
> problems. One difference from Windows is SUSE doesn't give a damn if you 
> move to the latest version or not.


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