* john walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [31-03-2003 17:28]: > I currently run RedHat (7.3), but am thinking about switching to > Debian because of the upgrade nature of RH.
Since you are currently running an old RH system (old if version-numbering has a meaning), this is not likely to be a problem for you. When you run a mixed Debian system (stable, testing, unstable), you may risk some problems in smoothly updating the system. When you stick to stable, you can update security patches and upgrade to a new release with two or three commands. Running stable however means that you are not able to install easily new versions of packages. For a desktop system this might be undesireble (Mozilla 1.0, KDE 2.2). I run a mixed system myself and no disasters have happened. However I am not always able to update/upgrade when or to what I want. So I use Knoppix to check out all the cool new stuff and use a Debian unstable system for day-to-day work that gets updated when I know I have some time to fix problems that might arise. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
