Re: woody, sarge, or sid?
> I am confused as to what should I use; woody, sarge or sid? Right now I
> have woody and I'm not pleased with it, because when I do "apt-get
> install xchat" it gives me xchat 1.8.9 instead of 2.0.2 (or so), thus
> it doesn't give me the lastest software out there, which I like. On
> the other hand if I get sarge or sid is my system gonna crush often,
> how unstable is really sid? If I get sid, and I want to install gimp,
> with "apt-get install gimp" is it gonna install gimp 1.3 (unstable)?
> Does sid use unstable packages too? How much more stable is sarge then
> sid? Is sid ever gonna become stable? Please give me some advise.
Check out(Read Carefully) these URL's:
http://www.debian.org/releases/
As far as, getting the package version you would like, read:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/index.en.html
Chapter 3 sections 8 9 and 10
Your welcome
Brian
> Thanks,
> Zim
>
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