[Coco] Shhh

gene heskett gheskett at wdtv.com
Sun Nov 13 15:21:06 EST 2011


On Sunday, November 13, 2011 03:20:42 PM Steven Hirsch did opine:

> On Sat, 12 Nov 2011, Joel Ewy wrote:
> >> FWIW, the *buntu lists are full of folks who can't make email work
> >> till the install thunderbird.  Here, I'm a kmail fan, but the old,
> >> pre-4.7 version.
> > 
> > I try to stick mostly to LTS releases myself.  Not sure they're any
> > better tested, but I don't feel like upgrading every six months.
> 
> Amen.  With every year, release QC just gets sloppier and sloppier.  All
> the distros are equally guilty from what I see.  Way too much emphasis
> on continual reinvention of poorly-conceived desktop environments and
> correspondingly little on arcane aspects such as, you know, making sure
> basic system functionality is there?
> 
> Steve

+100, what he said.

Cheers, Gene
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