I have read on the official Debian website about sid (in russian version): "Maybe. There was one real case where PAM broke. PAM checks all users, so without PAM no one can login, even as a root. If you work in a precarious environment, you must be able to handle such situations.". I don't know how to handle with this situation with PAM. How can I solve this problem, when it will be nessesary?
Hyprland is tilling window manager. And what were the 2 times of problems, which you have faced for two decades? How did you solve them? On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 10:55 PM Kent West <we...@acu.edu> wrote: > > On 7/22/24 3:38 AM, 타토카 wrote: > > Hello, dear Debian Community! I just want to ask you a few questions: > > 1. How is Debian Sid stable then Arch Linux, for example? How often > > does Debian Sid crash and breaked? > > > I can't speak about Arch; I mostly use Sid on all my workstations, but > none of my servers. In about 20 years, I think there were two times when > the breakage was severe-ish, and even then, recovery wasn't terribly > difficult. > > "unstable" really doesn't refer so much to the system being unstable, > but rather to the available packages being unstable, constantly in flux. > You might have Foo version 2.0 this morning, and version 2.1 this > evening, which may break, or fix a breakage of, some other package. > > > > 2. I have seen on the Debian official site about Debian Sid and PAM. > > If I have this problem with PAM, what should I do? > > I don't know what you're speaking about. > > > > 3. And how is it a good idea using Debian Sid for professional work > > and programming? I know that people use Arch for it, but I don't know > > about using Debian Sid for it. > > > Depends. Again, I would not put sid/unstable on a server, but for a > workstation, and if a "Professional" has the ability to compensate for > unexpected breakages, sure, absolutely. As I've said, I've run sid on my > work-place computers for at least two decades; those machines have been > more reliable than the Windows computers I used to run (back in the > pre-Win10 days, granted, but I still find Debian sid more reliable, for > me, than Win11 PCs). > > > > 4. As I know Debian Sid does not have some packages like Arch, why? > > They have rolling releases? I mean packages, for example, hyprland. > > > A strong positive about Debian is that it is very focused on Free > Software (free as in "libre"). I don't want to have to worry about > hidden proprietary licensing "gotchas"; with Debian (as long as I don't > stray out of the Debian ecosphere), that's not a worry. This is one > reason some apps are not in Debian that you'll find in other distros, > because those apps are not sufficiently "Free". > > Another reason a package may not be in Debian is that Debian is > volunteer-run; if a volunteers wants to package XYZ for Debian, s/he can > do so; if no volunteer wants to package XYZ for Debian, it won't be in > the Debian repositories. > > My understanding of a "rolling release" is, "Here's the next thing we're > giving you." My understanding of Debian Testing, and Sid to a greater > extent, is, "Here's the next thing we plan to give you, but it may be > broken; use with care, and report back to us if you come across any > problems." > > > -- > Kent West <")))>< > IT Support / Client Support > Abilene Christian University > Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com > >
