* Troy Bull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061212 07:00]: > Greetings > > I am totally new to debian. I recently downloaded and installed 3.1r4 I > noticed that is seems very old. Am I needing to update or something to > get current packages? I did apt-get upgrade and nothing was updated.. > > I noticed the kernel was 2.4 something, and open office was 1.1. These > are two examples only, that make me wonder if everything else is equally > out dated. Should i choose a different distribution to get the current > stuff?
You are running the "stable" release. Most people should be running the "testing" release of Debian, which currently is "Etch". Note that Etch is within a few weeks of becoming "stable". If you need the very latest of everything, you need to run "unstable". I ran "unstable" for over a year, with only occasional problems which typically were fixed (by upgrades) within a few weeks. Compared to other distributions, Debian is very conservative. Consequently, Debian "testing" typically is just as bug-free as are the production releases of other distributions. The command you need to run is "apt-get update" followed by "apt-get dist-upgrade". However, if you are new to Debian, you really should be using Synaptic for package management, in order to avoid pitfalls. RLH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
