Re: sources.list - reasonably stable

[smokez@fatgoat.com <smokez@fatgoat.com>]

On Wednesday 28 March 2001 07:42, Mark Devin wrote:
> Nate Amsden wrote:
> > its amazing how many people want to run unstable.. you are likely to get
> > a broken system at one point or another. it may not require expert skills
> > but it may be a pain.  ive been using unix and linux for almost 7 years
> > now and i won't go near unstable still. i'm very confident with my skills
> > but don't want to get a broken system at all(which is why i like debian's
> > stable tree)
>
> What about "testing"?  Is that reasonably stable enough in your opinion, or
> would I be just playing with fire?  Especially given that I have
> significantly less experience than you.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mark.

>From what i have seen and people have said,
they are what they say they are

  potatoe/stable - stable, not the lastest but just the proven
  woody/testing - not quite perfect yet but has most recenct things in it
  sid/unstable - bleeding edge, _will_ break @ some point

but i'v been using testing for a couple of months now
on my home machine and can not fault it 
except for a  lilo prob at one point :/

adam

sorry to mark sent him half the email,
i'm not used to kmail yet :( 

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