On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 03:18:06PM +0200, Christian wrote: > Hi Tomas, > > thank you so much for your reply. > > > Thing is: "stable" means [...] Only bug fixes and security patches go in. > > Great! That is the most important aspect for me. > I really don't need the latest-and-greatest version of packages. All I do > need is a stable and secure system. > So Debian stable turns out to be ideally suited for my purposes. > > I've installed it in a VM for now (qemu, KVM) to see how it performs. I must > say I'm very impressed. It runs smoothly even with just 1 GB RAM allocated > to it. > I'm sure it'll make a fine system as a production system. > > Thanks again and keep safe. > > Many greetings. > Rosika >
Do reference the codename for the release: that way, you don't get a nasty surprise. If your system says "stable" today, that's Debian 10.10. When Debian 11 comes along - soon now - you get a huge update all at once, and things are likely to be unpredictable if you are a new Debian user. If you say buster, then when buster slides to become oldstable, your system won't change underneath you suddenly. All the very best, as ever, Andy C >
