On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 12:35 PM, lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When you run testing (and keep it updated), you don't need to worry > about making the leap from one stable release to the next. That was
I ran etch when it was still testing, then kept it at testing for sometime until I got a new box, and put Ubuntu on that. I also have a sidux set up to run in a Virtual box. I don't recall too many problems with etch, even when it was testing, except that the xfree86 to xorg conversion was a bit hairy. > the reason for me to run testing on mailservers at work, rather than > stable. I also ran my own mail server (postfix) on etch and lenny for some time. > The only problem I had with testing was when they switched from > XFree to Xorg a few years ago and the fonts were messed up after an I was helping to update a friends (old) p3 box that ran an old version of etch, needed a bunch of security updates and kde and some other stuff installed last night. I got all the updates installed except for two things - open office (not sure he'll be using it, he wanted squid set up primarily) and there were some errors about not being able to access or write some font directories. Not sure how significant they are, and I don't have the machine in front of me or easy access to it. But as I recall, there wasn't too big of a headache going from etch (stable) to lenny (testing) after April 2007 when Etch became stable. But I waited a bit before switching to lenny, and think it is a good idea while all the initial stuff gets to quiet down a bit following an initial plunge into a new testing release. > GH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
