On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 00:49, Gezim H wrote: > I am confused as to what should I use; woody, sarge or sid?
I have used all of stable, testnig and unstable at on time or the other. While testing extremely seldom has big problems, it is insecure (no fixes by security team) and you have to watch the lists pretty closely and be prepared to compile new packages from unstable to fix security probs. Also, there is a constant stream of changes, and you are required to make choices (debconf questions or updating config files) very often. Testing atm also has no working Gnome 2.2.x The "constant stream of changes"-thing also applies to unstable, but in addition, while not often, there /will be/ serious problems. You absolutely must be comfortable to emergency boot and manually fix your system. Also, you must read the important lists before upgrading, to be on the safer side. If you only want a stable system plus newer packages of some apps, I'd recommend to run stable plus various backports. They can be found conveniently through http://www.apt-get.org/ . E.g., search for gnome2 and XFree to find backports of Gnome 2.2.x and XFreee 4.2.1. Backports of cdrdao, mozilla and several others of the packages one typically wants updated for woody are also available -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
