Re: [LAU] Kazam screencast [WAS: LightWorks for Linux Demo]

From: david <gnome@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Fri Mar 22 2013 - 11:12:48 EET

On 03/21/2013 11:02 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-03-21 at 22:49 -1000, david wrote:
>> No package conflicts because if a package exists in a Debian
>> repository and in Ubuntu, I use the Debian version.
>
> Packages could conflict with dependencies, for different reasons, even
> the package you install might have another name, than for a duplicate
> provided by another repository, e.g. might put files in different
> folders.
>
> We've got a lot of incomplete recommendations on that list, but many
> claims like a is better than b, without being aware what a or b really
> does provide or not.
>
> You remember, why should somebody want to auto-login, I don't need it,
> so why should anybody else need it?
>
> Sorry for all my noise and PS, but short mails with less noise often are
> simply not through to the end, that's why we have claims like "Linux is
> able to do everything another OS can do", that are simply not true.
>
> At least I can use Linux, because I'm aware about it's limitations.
>
> Mixing Debian and Ubuntu packages is a bad idea and shouldn't be
> recommended.

That's OK. Some people are less comfortable with risk than others. ;-)

I've run systems mixing Debian Stable, Sid and Experimental
repositories, plus deb-multimedia. Makes doing things like blanket
"upgrades" risky. But it worked for me when I was doing it.

-- 
David
gnome@email-addr-hidden
authenticity, honesty, community
http://clanjones.org/david/
http://dancing-treefrog.deviantart.com/
_______________________________________________
Linux-audio-user mailing list
Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden
http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
Received on Fri Mar 22 12:15:05 2013

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.8 : Fri Mar 22 2013 - 12:15:05 EET