Does the stable version have updated software?

I was using updated versions of GIMP, OpenOffice, and Opera in both Ubuntu and Linux Mint. These versions work just fine. I have the latest developmental release and I noticed that these packages are out of date. Does the stable release include newer versions of these programs?

Not yet,maybe in Elive 2.0 Final(based on Debian testing).

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Thanks!

Is that version going to have the livecd that can be run prior to paying, just to make sure it works with my hardware?

Yes, indeed.

Greetings:
Agust

Linux user # 461797
Elive user since 2006

Thank you. I am looking forward to it. I'm still relatively new to Linux so I like to make sure it works with my hardware first. The development version seems to work beautifully.