Debian 3.0r6 Released 297
Polkan Garcia writes "The Debian group has released an update to the 'Woody' distribution of the popular GNU/Linux OS. From the site: 'This is the sixth and final update of Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (codename 'woody') which mainly adds security updates to the stable release, along with a few corrections to serious problems. Those who frequently update from security.debian.org won't have to update many packages and most updates from security.debian.org are included in this update.' More good news: r6 is the final update of woody, the new stable release is coming."
This begs the question... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:This begs the question... (Score:5, Funny)
On another note, I get the Debian bit and I know what linux is, but what's this GNU prefix ?
We tried Debian... (Score:2, Funny)
Once he'd got the employees up and running with Debian we let them try it out. It all seemed fine to start with: The Debian systems was a pretty good replacement for those shitty Windows boxes we'd used before and the employees could still do their work as normal.
Alas it did not stay that way. After a few days, I had lost count of the number of complaints received from our employees. Users could not do things they could before (like read their email). The final straw came when one employee lost several hours work when OpenOffice suddenly froze up, destroying the 70 page legal document he had been working on (subsequently, the defendant was sentenced to death.)
Needless to say, the Debian community, having been stagnant for half a decade, offered no support whatsoever. I made the employee destroy the Debian systems and lets just say he's not with us anymore.
Re:This begs the question... (Score:3, Funny)
Let's don't get ahead of ourselves (Score:4, Funny)
That sounds good, but I hope that they're not just succumbing to deadline pressure and shoving this thing out the door half baked.
Re:This begs the question... (Score:3, Funny)
I propose <HUMOR> and </HUMOR> for mild stuff and <JOKE>
In fact a whole series of tags could be created labelling content that might confuse or offend certain groups.
Think of all the bandwidth saved by not having all those follow up posts!
- sound of door slamming - honey, I'm off to the patent office !
Re:The Best Distro... hands down (Score:2, Funny)
Re:This begs the question... (Score:4, Funny)
Forgot a word (Score:4, Funny)
His retarded Debian? His retarded red hat? His retarded devil?
Speak up.
Yep, I spend a lot of time... (Score:2, Funny)
Yep, I spend a lot of time hardening my woody...
Re:Yep, I spend a lot of time... (Score:3, Funny)
Of course, you're missing the crucial penetration testing.
We tried trolling... (Score:3, Funny)
Once he'd got the employees up and running with Slashdot trolling we let them try it out. It all seemed fine to start with: The Slashdot trolls were a pretty good replacement for trolling on yiffy/slash-porn forums like we'd used to before and the employees could still wank in their closets as normal.
Alas it did not stay that way. After a few days, I had lost count of the number of complaints received from slashbots. Posters got wise to the boilerplate. The final straw came when one poster modified our troll post to make fun of us, destroying the 70 pages of troll feeding we had been working on (subsequently, the poster was modded up.)
Needless to say, the Slashdot community, having been stagnant for half a decade, offered no support whatsoever. I made the employee go back to wanking in his dark closet and lets just say he's not with us anymore.
Re:I GOT A GREASED UP YODA DOLL SHOVED UP MY ASS! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I think it is a good idea not to update quickly (Score:3, Funny)
Hey, some of the Debian maintainers are British, you know. "May all your beers be cold or, if drinking real ale, at slightly below room temperature."
Works fine on Russian Surplus Laptop (Score:1, Funny)