Re: My first question on Debian
On (19/05/03 22:07), clay@dawning.com.cn wrote:
> I've been tired of tweaking spec files and wrestling with RPM
> dependencies for long...
>
> I hate to see that "Demo service for server 1002200202 limited due to
> high load" message from Redhat's up2date servers...
>
> I simply can't wait that long for RH to update this RPM or that, since
> dependency hells prevented me to do it myself...
>
> Yesterday, I decided to burn a KNOPPIX CD to have a look at Debian,
> without having to sacrifice one of my boxes. And I was impressed!
>
> But when I went to a mirror site, wanting to grab the bleeding-edge
> ISOs, I met a problem.
>
> I know this may sound silly to your Debianers, but I really don't know
> which one to download -- there're several dirs under
> debian-unofficial:
> hurd/ potato/ sarge/ sid/ woody/
> each with some ISOs under it.
>
woody is the latest stable release (July 2002)
sarge is testing and will be the next stable release (as and when)
sid is unstable (as in the anarchic boy next door in Toy Story) and is
bleeding edge ;-)
Good Luck
Clive
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