[kwlug-disc] Natty Release & Linux / WinXP coexist

[John Johnson]

On 2011-04-24 23:28, Steve Izma wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 12:42:28PM -0400, Paul Nijjar wrote:
>> ... I run ... Debian Etch ...
< ... snip ... >
> the latest version of Debian stable (squeeze) ....
< ... snip ... >

OK. The above prompted this guy, one who is not in the "know", to look 
some things up ...

Briefly (and, maybe, inaccurate):

* Debian is a free (FLOSS) OS development under GNU based on the 
GNU/Linux kernel.
* Ubuntu is derivative of Debian.
* Debian-Etch is an older, stable release of Debian  (1st release 2007).
* Debian-Etch: last update May 2010, and as of Feb 2010 Debian-Etch is 
also no longer supported w/security updates
* Debian-Lenny is also an older, stable release of Debian (1st release 
2009) superseding Debian-Etch
* Debian-Squeeze is the current stable release of Debian (1st release 
Feb 2011) superseding Lenny
* Ubuntu-Natty is a derivative of previous releases of Ubuntu and is 
based on Debian-Lenny

Conclusion: Ubuntu-Natty will bring in "the latest version of Debian 
stable (squeeze)" and, as advised, should do the trick for me.

Thanks
JohnJ




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