Re: testing=sarge be careful with updates!
What is the thing that everyone likes best about Debian--probably apt-get
updating. Well Mandrake has an apt-get form of RPM. So the arguement of
reinstall every 6 months or so is becoming mute.
BTW, I do run testing on my desktop system...my system is now in the progress of
updating to Sarge/Testing.
On 26-Jul-2002 Suraj Kumar wrote:
> Ross Burton wrote on Fri, Jul 26, 2002 at 11:52:20AM +0100:
> rb>
> rb> If you want the latest but tested software, switch to testing. The
> rb> problem of tracking RedHat/Mandrake/etc is having to completely
> rb> reinstall the OS every 6 months or so... And RH/MDK/etc really lack the
> rb> number of packages that Debian has.
>
> and the noteworthy point with debian is that you have to 'install' it
> only once.. _all_ upgrades happen without reboots.
>
> Talking of cutting edge you can get even more cutting edge on unstable.
>
> -Suraj
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