RE: Really Confused
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill [mailto:bill@suscom-maine.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 1:51 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Really Confused
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I currently have Debian 2.2 R7 I3 installed and I am not sure what
> release I have whether its stable or unstable. I think I have
> unstable? I
> have been trying to get the NVidia Drivers working on it and
> people keep
> telling me to get woody. What I don't understand is what is the main
> difference between Stable, Unstable and woody? I would guess
> that stable is
> the most current release and unstable is a Beta (?). I am not
> sure where
> woody falls into place. I am not sure if it makes a
> difference or not but I
> am running this on a 1.2 Athlon with 256MB of RAM and 40GIG
> of storage.
>
> Bill
>
Bill,
Woody is the "name" of the current stable version. When 2.2 was the stable
release, it's "name" was Potato. If you do an "apt-get update", then an
"apt-get dist-upgrade" you should automagically get updated to "Woody", the
current stable release. I.E. 3.0 R1.
Does that help any?
Barry deFreese
NTS Technology Services Manager
Nike Team Sports
(949)-616-4005
Barry.deFreese@nike.com
"Technology doesn't make you less stupid; it just makes you stupid faster."
Jerry Gregoire - Former CIO at Dell
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