Ubuntu Repositories

[Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu)]

On Wed, September 16, 2009 02:06, Michael Haney wrote:
> I'm wondering, why are the Ubuntu repositories so far behind version wise?
> What I mean is, I wanted to update to the latest VLC, but the version
> on the repos was really old.
> I had to add a PPA to my 3rd Party Software Sources just to get the
> latest version.  That version runs really well.
> I mean, even the version of Firefox in the repos is several versions
> behind.
>
Anything Debian-based uses "stable" software: proven to work, which
usually means that its "older" software.
If you want to run a bleeding edge Linux distro, you should try something
like Gentoo. And when I say bleeding edge, I really mean that it could
break your box.

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Amedee