Debian turns 13

[VSh]

Debian turns 13 this week. http://wiki.debian.org/Debian13th

Congratulations, keep going guys!

[Soluzar]

I would never use Debian, personally, but I love the Debian Package Managment System. If there was a distribution that used that system, but with up-to-date software, I'd use that.

[VSh]

I would never use Debian, personally, but I love the Debian Package Managment System. If there was a distribution that used that system, but with up-to-date software, I'd use that.
Use "testing" release. It is very up-to-date.

Another option: Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu, MEPIS, KNOPPIX, Damn Small. They are all Debian-based.

[Soluzar]

Use "testing" release. It is very up-to-date.Four years ago when I last looked at Debian, even the unstable release wasn't that up to date, have they increased the speed of their devlopment cycle somewhat in recent years?

Another option: Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu, MEPIS, KNOPPIX, Damn Small. They are all Debian-based.
I've heard of some of them, but not found the time to determine which might best serve my needs. I've been planning to do some research and testing once I replace this ailing gfx card.

My taste is for the bleeding edge, though. For that reason, I choose Gentoo right now.

[VSh]

Gentoo... Good distribution. Compile everything from scratch. Last time I tried it took 3 days. For that purposes I think t2-project (http://www.t2-project.org/index.html) has more pure conception - bash scripts only.