Re: My first question on Debian
On Mon, 19 May 2003, Carl Fink wrote:
> On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 02:55:33PM -0600, Dan Owens wrote:
>
> > You have had some good responses, but I would have another possible way
> > for you to go. Why not install Knoppix? It is easy (do a ctl-alt-F2 to a
> > console, type knx-hdinstall and it will install) and a very good
> > installation. And as you probably know, Knoppix is Debian underneath and
> > you already have an iso with most of the latest apps. After installation
> > you can change the /etc/apt/sources.list to reflect unstable and you will
> > be able to install the latest apps from the debian site.
>
> I made and tested a Knoppix CD and I'm very impressed.
>
> Question: is there any reason you couldn't install Knoppix and point
> it to Sarge, instead of Sid? You'd wait longer for updates, but so
> what?
My understanding is that security updates either don't go into testing as
often or not at all. Secondly, I have been using unstable for several
years with excellent results. That way I have the newest and coolest
software (of course, I sometimes get myself in trouble that way!).
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Dan Owens mtn@redmeadow.com Bigfork, MT.
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