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Originally Posted by VorianGrey
I love Ubuntu. It makes an excellent LiveCD. I keep one around for different reasons and I pop it in on occasion and just play with it. My problems with Ubuntu start when I install it. My two main problems are that updates seem to always break something and the software in their repository is old.
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I agree that the repository contains older versions of applications which is probably one of their weak points. I haven't had an update break anything yet though (unlike when I was using Gentoo).
I haven't fooled around enough with openSUSE to see what the latest versions of applications are compared to the Ubuntu repositories. Also, I don't know how well openSUSE is about backporting updates to older versions of openSUSE.
I am curious, though, to see how openSUSE moving to an 8-month release cycle is going to pan out. I've been thinking 6 months seems short but the idea behind that does make sense (to take advantage of new developments and significant changes in addition to new application versions and stability because each version going into the repository is built off of a single point of reference).
Oh, and the LiveCD has saved my butt more than a few times (BSOD = boot to Ubuntu Live, open Server, copy My Documents to server, attempt fixing things...)