Re: Debian Desktop for a Joe Average
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 09:58, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 09:43:26AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 08:24, BruceG wrote:
> > > On Thursday 02 October 2003 04:03, Wolfgang Lonien wrote:
> > > > Edward Murrell wrote:
> > > > > [Debian as a Windoze replacement]
> > > >
> > > > Hi Ed (and Joe of course :-P),
> > [snip]
> > > Thanks for the tips. I consider myself Joe Average. I've run
> > > Mandrake and SuSE - but have had problems getting everything just
> > > right in Debian Woody. I also have a Knoppix CD - so might just try
> > > the Knoppix to hard disk route.
> > >
> > > Is there a FAQ on how to change the /etc/apt/sources.list to
> > > unstable?
> >
> > Don't go directly from stable to unstable!! Too radical
>
> It's not significantly more radical than stable to testing. I don't
> think there's much benefit in trying to go from stable to unstable via
> testing, especially considering that there are things broken in testing
> that work in unstable for one reason or another (e.g. apt-listchanges).
So, for the moment, don't use apt-listchanges.
Aren't there other "big" packages that recently broke in sid?
> The concern I'd have would be more whether a self-confessed Joe Average
> should use testing or unstable at all. :)
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