May I also offer the fact that the fact that a Distro moves from one version to the next does not necessarily mean that the reason for thatis the correction of errors in the previous version.

Because the majority of computer users use an OS out of Redmond WA they see constant changes to that due to fixes and patches. It’s my understanding that that occurs once per week minimum. A Linux Distro changing revisions mostly means the incorporation of new features and functions of the many packages used within the Distribution. Not fixes.

Let me use an example.

Mandrake (now Mandriva) Version 10.2 is actually quite a good and stable Distro. The fact that stable Mandriva is now at “2006.0″ means that the newer version(s) does things in newer ways and in the minds of some folks maybe not better.

We/I use Mandriva 10.2 in one of our larger projects simply because that is a very good and stable OS platform. We continue to deliver our product using that OS and will continue to do so for years to come. We are not forced to “2006.x” because there is something fundamentally wrong with 10.2.

Bill Kenney
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