Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on August 26, 2006 03:30 AM
not trying to troll but I seem to remember a problem with getting security patches to Debian stable some time ago.. As for Ubuntu I guess Linux for human beings means it's made by humans too.
Testing sure was nonexistent, as this X.org problem occurred on very common hardware, on my machine too, but the problem was fixed in hours in the offical repos. So by the time I rebooted and saw the problem, an apt-get upgrade fixed it instantly.
Goes to show again that even the simplest system administration like installing patches should only be only done by people who can fix problems. A gui is of no help to the clueless, I know too many Windows XP users who don't know what to do when Security Center springs a popup. Dumb terminals for everyone!
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Re:Not just Ubuntu - Debian Issue
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on August 26, 2006 03:30 AMTesting sure was nonexistent, as this X.org problem occurred on very common hardware, on my machine too, but the problem was fixed in hours in the offical repos. So by the time I rebooted and saw the problem, an apt-get upgrade fixed it instantly.
Goes to show again that even the simplest system administration like installing patches should only be only done by people who can fix problems. A gui is of no help to the clueless, I know too many Windows XP users who don't know what to do when Security Center springs a popup. Dumb terminals for everyone!
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