Re: How unstable is unstable?
I've been running unstable for several months and have never had a real
showstopper. There are a few annoyances as gtk goes through different
versions (I've installed some of the gnome stuff which isn't even in
unstable yet), in that some apps stop working (mostly games).
The closest thing to a real problem I have had is that when I try to
start imagemagick, the keyboard and mouse lock up and I have to log in
from another computer on my lan in order to reboot (just killing the
processes doesn't help).
It is much less annoying than the Windows blue screens.
Bob
On Thu, Apr 22, 1999 at 06:06:29PM -0500, Christian Dysthe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have have been using Debian for a couple of months and I am happy with how
> it runs.
>
> As a new user I wonder about stable vs unstable. I often get in trouble because
> I need to compile software that for instance depends on libc6 or a newer
> versions of GTK. The result is that I have been updating parts of my system to
> be able to run certain applications.
>
> So my question is: Does unstable mean
> you will have all kinds of crashes and unexpected behavior, or does it mean
> that some programs might have more bugs than running in the stable
> distribution?
>
> I mean, if unstable means it has as many bugs as Windows, "the
> whole world" could actually be tricked into using it ;) (see: MS Market
> policies). But I assume higher standards here, and wonder how unstable it
> actually would be on my box?
>
> I know stability is essentila to people using Linux as for instance web servers,
> and that 92% uptime is MUCH worse than 98%. But for me, a normal business user,
> the only thing that really conserns me is if running unstable means I often will
> loose data or that I will have to go back to work like I did with Win 98: 20%
> of my work day dealing with rebooting.
>
> It is almost too easy to do: "apt-get dist-upgrade". Should I? :)
>
> Advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
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> Christian Dysthe
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