[wellylug] Debian vs Debian Woody

[Steven Mulvay]

Hi Rik,
I completely agree with you that I would be better off to start with a Woody version of Debian, for all the reasons you stated. 
Thank you very much for your responses.

Although I did appreciate your response too Grant.

Cheers,
Steve 

On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 06:32:56 +1300, wellylug-request at lists.wellylug.org.nz wrote:
> The reasons for recommending Woody were twofold.
> 
> Firstly, so that a new Debian user doesn't go hunting around for Sarge 
> or Sid on CD when the vast majority of Debian CDs available are Woody. 
> Secondly, because running Woody gives a solid, stable, OS with 
> controlled updates and security patching. A new user does not really 
> need to be worrying about running newer versions of packages because 
> this knowledge and expertise will come with experience. By the time the 
> user realises that (s)he wants to run the latest release of GNOME (for 
> example), then (s)he's almost certainly got the expertise to think 
> about upgrading to a newer OS release.
> 
> Personally, I run Sarge too. However, I wouldn't recommend a new user 
> to install Woody and straight away upgrade to it.