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Re: just some debian problems...help



On Sun, Dec 24, 2000 at 06:38:17PM +1300, anon ymous wrote:
> no apt-get updates for 1.5wks..whats happening to me?

Relax.  woody is no longer unstable; it is testing, the idea being
that a "slushy" distribution is easier to freeze.

Quick summary:

potato aka stable:  The same rock-solid Debian you've come to know and
     love.
woody aka testing:  A little less stable than "stable", you get newer
     stuff while still being much more solid than any other Linux
     distribution except Debian stable and Slackware.  :)  (In other words,
     there shouldn't be any really big bugs in this.)
sid aka unstable:   This is the bleeding-edge distribution you sound like
     you want.  But be warned, stuff is prone to breakage.

For more information on this, try reading a couple back issues of Debian
Weekly News at debian.org.

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