--- "Kevin B. Hendricks" <khendricks@ivey.uwo.ca> wrote:
I had the same concerns to some extent. The only issue with Debian is that unless you want to play with the "unstable" series you end up way behind the 8-ball waiting for them to update to newer releases of key software.
I am not sure what you mean by "key" software, but I find PPC debian "testing", to have everything I need and it seems to be quite up to date and very stable. I have used it for several server systems running large postgresql databases. Sure the packages show up slower than the x86 tree or "unstable", but not that much slower. I have found myself rarely waiting for package updates. The debian PPC port is actively developed and has a very large user base. Added on with that, the fact you can use "apt-get dist-upgrade" to update an entire system has adavantages all on its own.
I do know that many people do use Debian "unstable" on a day to day basis successfully but I would not want to ask newbies to do that.
I don't think running PPC testing would be too dificult for a newbie. I can see how "unstable" could be difficult for a new user, but I have had developers who have never touched a Linux box before use "testing" without much problem. Erik Jensen __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com