-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Krikket <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Paul Johnson wrote: >> Krikket <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > I've played with a bunch of Debian variations, and have come to the >> > conclusion that I want a Debian (sid) install on my system. >> >> Given that it tends to live up to it's (unstable) name, why? >> Seriously, what is in sid that you want that bad that you cannot get >> From backports.org? Sid is *not* for people new to Debian. > > It's still more stable than some of the other flavors of Linux that I've > used. (IE: Fedora...) The reason for going with sid is that I was of the > understanding that the security patches don't come out quite as quickly > for the testing branch. Am I wrong? It is. One thing that may be a point of confusion while picking a version...what kind of role will this installation be playing, and what kind of users will you be hosting? - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : `. `'` proud Debian admin and user `- Debian. Because it *must* work. debian.org aboutdebian.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAWmPJUzgNqloQMwcRAmzKAJkBbm6vWxzp5rP693GxXxSf2mWj7wCfbpzi nn/Sx5Crz1i/h7vSW5+GHsI= =xgcE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
