Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2003 #1042
On Thursday 27 March 2003 07:49 pm,
debian-user-digest-request@lists.debian.org wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 05:53:52PM -0500, Jeremiah C. Foster wrote:
> > As a Red Hat user, I have found Debian to be a little odd frankly. Why is
> > Woody using so much ancient software?
>
> Huh? I've got no idea what you are talking about, sorry.
Well I mean that there are lots of applications that are old in Woody.
> If you want the
> latest funky stuff, run sid. If you want stability, run woody. You can't
> have both at the same time.
I am beginning to grok Debian's philosophy regarding that.
> When I think about it (and look at the uptime of 53 days for my main box
> running unstable), perhaps you can have both...
Uptime is nice but I would like to use Tramp in Emacs and other current
software. I am able to do this without crashing under Red Hat. [ Since they
have moved to a non-free update system I am switching to Debian.]
If I have Woody installed, how do I upgrade to unstable?
Thanks,
Jeremiah
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