Posted by: anilxer | July 17, 2009

The need to give back to the wonderful community

While it is true that you cannot be made and should generally not use an experimental Linux distribution (I use Debian stable very day and many others stay away from *buntu, Fedora etc), the testing is what brings to you something so well made such as your operating system in use. And while I simply do not accept that what is considered “current” and included by default in many distributions is frequently beta-quality, which is the reason why I will stick with stable, one of the things I (and you) can do, if the hardware enables it, is set up a “virtual” distribution. This way one can have a working OS for everyday use and help in the development of the next-generation software.
This is what I actually do, and I think it the best way to go. Debian experimental/sid in the virtual machine, or whatever other experimental thing you chose – be it Fedora Rawhide, Ubuntu alpha releases, OpenSuse, Arch – and something actually reliable, Debian Stable or CentOs for the real work.

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