Debian has 3 distrubitions I guess you'd say.
The current "stable" distribution of Debian Linux (gnu/linux) is named Potato.
The current "testing, soon to be stable" distribution is named Woody. At some
point in the future Woody will replace Potato as stable and a new unstable
will be named (Buz is next I think but don't remember).
The current "unstable, may be put into testing" is named Sid.
It's basically a Dev->Testing->Production environment.
Robert
Thus spake Brad R ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hello everyone.
>
> Forgive me if my first several questions sound stupid, I've just begun with
> Linux and have tried to learn what I can, but there is so much to learn.
> I'm familiar with Unix protocols on the wire, but have never worked directly
> with the OS before a couple months ago. Microsoft has frustrated me to no
> end, and so, for my career's sake, I'm learning about Unix now and the
> various distributions of Linux now.
>
> Anyways, here's my first question. I've heard Woody mentioned several times
> now and I thought it was a seperate distribution of Debian. Now, I've begun
> hearing about upgrading? to it. Where would I find out how to do that?
> Just point me in the right direction if it's too long to explain.
>
> I'm interested in it because I've heard tell that KDE is included with Woody
> but not with Potato (which seems to be part of the "stable" distribution).
> I've played around with Gnome and KDE (KDE was under Corel Linux) both, and
> prefer KDE. I want to try setting it up under Debian. I'm pursuing that
> goal in another fashion as well, but I doubt this will be the last time I
> hear about Woody, so I'd like to see what it looks like.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Bradley
>
>
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