Re: First Debian install was a fiasco

2004-04-25 Thread Paul Johnson
Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I like the stability and security of the stable branch, but would like > more frequent updates for certain packages (on a workstation, at > least). http://www.backports.org/ http://www.apt-get.org/ What more do you need? > I used the new installer (beta) to in

Re: First Debian install was a fiasco

2004-04-25 Thread J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)
On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 17:02:09 +0200, Tim wrote: > I'm new to Debian and have some questions. > I didn't know how to find out which version of a package was in which > branch. I still don't know how to do it, "apt-cache policy " > but I decided to be brave and install KDE 3.2.x, so I went "apt

First Debian install was a fiasco

2004-04-25 Thread Tim
Hi, I'm new to Debian and have some questions. I like the stability and security of the stable branch, but would like more frequent updates for certain packages (on a workstation, at least). I used the new installer (beta) to install a stable base version. I installed no extra packages at that