On Thu, 2013-03-07 at 07:43 +0100, Per Jessen wrote:
Basil Chupin wrote:
On 07/03/13 00:53, Per Jessen wrote:
Basil Chupin wrote:
On 07/03/13 00:02, Christofer Bell wrote:
On 3/6/13 12:58 AM, "Basil Chupin" <blchupin@iinet.net.au> wrote: People who want Evergreen *do not* want Tumbleweed. People who want Evergreen *do not* want *anything* that's new. So in circumstances where Evergreen is appropriate, switching to Tumbleweed instead is *NOT* appropriate. I don't understand. If those who use Evergreen don't want anything that's new then why not simply install, say, 12.1 and switch off any and all options which will update that system>> Evergreen is long-term support, Tumbleweed is for early adopters (aka bleeding edge), Factory is experimental. See my reply to dd. Tumbleweed is NOT "bleeding edge". According to your post: "[tumbleweed is] for users that want the newest". If that is not the leading edge, I don't know what is.
There is a significant difference between "bleeding edge" [untested!] and "leading edge".
Factory is "bleeding edge", but it is also "not quite fully tested - use at your own risk; if it breaks you get to keep the pieces". Sounds experimental to me. I'll stick to my version :-)
Factory is "bleeding edge", nobody said it wasn't. Anyway - the entire current-is-unstable meme is a bit nuts. I'm on openSUSE 12.2 + GNOME 3.6. It is *very* stable. I use if for 60+ hours a day; between two laptops, a netbook, and a serious workstation. I've used 11.4, 12.0, 12.1, etc... Honestly, 12.0 had some issues [at least of me on my hardwares - it is important to remember that all such reports are anecdotal, including mine], but due to one rather crunchy and rough upgrade it is irrational to paint 'current' as "unstable". -- Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam@whitemice.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org