On Sunday 19 March 2006 17:50, Leonid Grinberg wrote: [snip] > Unstable, I know, does not have this problem. So I am wondering, how > unstable is it? I might be getting a new computer within a few months, > and am considering installing Debian Unstable on it. But what should I > expect? Will it crash a few times a month, or a day? How much work is > it? > > Thank you very much! > > -- > Leonid Grinberg > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am running Unstable here and very rarely encounter problems. However, I've found it necessary to be prudent about the upgrading and use apt-listbugs too. When a big transition is going through, like a new version of xorg or a new Gnome or KDE, I wait till it's all or nearly all in and check the mailing list for any signs of trouble before upgrading. The only program that has consistently been a pain the last six months is udev. I tried Testing but eventually gave up and moved to Unstable. Testing seemed to have too many packages missing or stuck in a queue. Quite a lot of stuff seemed rather behind the times but this came with no more stability than in Unstable, in my experience. I wouldn't use Debian Unstable for something very important, but it is my #1 choice for ordinary messing around on a desktop. :) Fish -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
