On 11 Jun 2004, Clive Menzies wrote:
On (11/06/04 07:29), Adam Funk wrote:
I've been using Debian testing on my home workstation for a while now
and am generally happy with it, but I understand there are some
disadvantages in comparison with unstable, such as recency of security
updates. I suppose the name "unstable" puts me off, since I work from
home a lot and need a functional computer all the time. What would be
the positive and negative effects of switching to unstable?
Hi Adam
There was an extensive thread on this subject a while ago which pretty
much covered all the arguments sid v sarge with input from some of the
most knowledgeable people on the list:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/04/msg10262.htm
Regards
Clive
Following that discussion I took the plunge and started following
unstable instead of testing. This was a couple of months ago now, I
think; nothing terrible has happened (yet!).
Anthony