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Re: Distros (was Named versions)
Eddie Harari wrote:
> >Debian, on the other hand, gives bind 8.1.2 and... the documentation for
> >8.1.2. Did't I tell you before that Debian is better?
> >
> >Liran.
>
> If you want to start flames here you should find a better subject !
I disagree. I think one good measure of a distro is how up-to-date it's
packages are. This isn't a flamewar - it's info for me when I next upgrade my
Linux system.
ANother example of RedHat packages being out of date is Ghostscript. I
discovered that Gimp had problems anti-aliasing Postscript files cause RedHat
(5.0 and 5.1, IIRC) includes a very old version of GS. Very old.
I'm installing Stampede next week, and I'll see how up-to-date their packages
are, since that is one of their claims. Can anyone suggest a way to check if
their claims of 10-30% speedups are true? I don't really want to install X, so
something else (benchmark program?).
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