Re: Why I hate Gtk+/GNOME (from the perspective of an Ada supporter)

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

Martin Krischik wrote:
> Pascal Obry schrieb:
> > Martin,
> >
> >> As I said: fresh off the DVD GNOME is quite ok. I think the problem
> >> are the dependencies - If - for example for a DVD version - they are
> >> carefully tested and resolved for the hole distribution the result
> >> will be stable.
> >
> > There must be something else. I'm running Debian/GNOME and I've always
> > been on the testing branch. Not problem. Some glitches from time to time
> > (well it is more like 2 problems a year) but that's all!
> >
> > And yes I'm upgrading my development computer daily.
>
> I see two possible differences:
>
> Debian   vs openSUSE
> x86_32   vs  x86_64

I have been running Debian testing amd64 (aka x86_64) for over a year
and I have never had any problems when upgrading (approximately once a
week). I think the reason SuSE has problems is because it mixes 32-
and 64-bit packages together whereas Debian keeps them separate.
Multilib (the act of installing libraries for multiple architectures
on a single machine) is tricky and not yet standardised properly.

> And yes I do consider a switch to Debian for the next system.

There was a legend long ago that, after a few years' experience, all
GNU/Linux users eventually switched to Debian.  That was certainly my
case; I switched after being disappointed by Red Hat Linux 8.
Personally, I'm waiting for Solaris to be released under GPLv3 and
then I'll consider a switch to Debian GNU/Solaris :)

--
Ludovic Brenta.