Re: Debian Install (Sid)
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Krikket <krikket@gothpoodle.com> writes:
> On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> Krikket <krikket@gothpoodle.com> writes:
>>
>> > I've played with a bunch of Debian variations, and have come to the
>> > conclusion that I want a Debian (sid) install on my system.
>>
>> Given that it tends to live up to it's (unstable) name, why?
>> Seriously, what is in sid that you want that bad that you cannot get
>> From backports.org? Sid is *not* for people new to Debian.
>
> It's still more stable than some of the other flavors of Linux that I've
> used. (IE: Fedora...) The reason for going with sid is that I was of the
> understanding that the security patches don't come out quite as quickly
> for the testing branch. Am I wrong?
It is. One thing that may be a point of confusion while picking a
version...what kind of role will this installation be playing, and
what kind of users will you be hosting?
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.''`. Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
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`. `'` proud Debian admin and user
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