-----Original Message----- From: Hershel Robinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 10:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Helping the newbie
Said Greg Folkert: > Stable is NOT "stability of the system"... STABLE means few if any > changes to the DISTRO. That's quite true, but the changes are not there because the software is stable (no bugs, no crashes), so that means a stable machine. Said : Andreas Janssen: > ... Sarge or Sid are usable for > desktop systems (at least many people use it, I use Woody with KDE 3), Yes, the software included is not reliable enough to be used on a critical machine (e.g.: server with sensitive data) May I ask another newbie question? Are both of these statements accurate? They are not precisely the impression I get from this page: http://www.debian.org/releases/ but if sarge is a stable operating system for my desktop, then I imagine it might be smarter for me to install that, rather than woody. I am behind a NAT hardware firewall, so I presume some security issues may not be of tremendous concern to me. Sarge is not stable, but testing. I am a complete Linux newbie and I am hoping to install Debian on a second machine, just as soon as I can purchase said machine. :) Any advice is appreciated. Thank you, Hershel Robinson Jerusalem, Israel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
