[ale] Xandros shipping Sept. 30th, based on Debian 3.0

[Dow Hurst]

I was looking at Xandros and am excited about it since it is based on 
Debian.  I've wanted to try out Debian but don't want to have to go back 
to the build from scratch type setup.  I think a really easy to install 
and use system based on Debian would be fun to try out.  I plan to see 
what Xandros is like as soon as it ships.  It will have the Corel Linux 
office package and the latest KDE so I'll feel at home finally.  Years 
ago I had Wordperfect as my package for my school work and really loved 
it.  KSU had MSoffice junk so I have been stuck with that until I got 
Staroffice on my desktop PC.  I like SuSE alot since it has been easy to 
install and supported most all the hardware I've had to deal with. 
 However, the apt-get functionality that people rave about is not in 
SuSE.  The patch update mechanism is nice for keeping update on 
security, but you never get new packages or later packages.  You have to 
go the rpm update process to really keep SuSE uptodate.  I understand 
that they really want you to purchase each new version to get the latest 
stuff.  I have shelled out quite a bit of money on the last 4 SuSE 
versions so am a little tired of doing that.  Debian sound alot easier 
to keep updated.  Is this correct?
Dow

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