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Re: Best debian for me



Thus spake Adam Warner (lists@consulting.net.nz):

> Since you want the latest software you might want to consider
> `unstable'. Being an experienced user you'll be able to deal with
> problems (e.g. if you need to downgrade a package). And it's more
> secure than testing.*
> 
> If you do upgrade remember to do it in two steps. First add testing to
> your sources.list and then do an apt-get update && apt-get
> dist-upgrade -u
> 
> Repeat for unstable if you want to upgrade to the latest software.

Say you've got a testing install.  Is it better to just pull in sources
from unstable as well, or to actually dist-upgrade to unstable?  As I
understand it, unstable is a moving target.  What would be the
difference?  I dist-upgraded to testing, but most of my packages are
from unstable.  

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