Re: Old Release
On Sunday 19 Dec 2004 21:20, Muhammad Reza wrote:
> Dear List
>
> I'm new int this list and noob in Debian, but already success install my
> first Debian Woody 3.0r3.
> My question is :
Ok, you are asking two questions here, Before answering them, can I point
you at http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html which will make
getting answers to your debian based questions easier.
> 1. Why in this release, package such as KDE, XFree86..etc even the
> kernel itself seem old version.
This is because you are running woody, also known as stable. The idea behind
stable is that it is very stable, stable enough to run for years without
crashing, stable enough that you could forget your root password to a woody
server and it wouldn't be a problem, stable enough that the very earth
could be rent asunder a woody box and it wouldn't fall over.
Because most people don't have the need for such a platform, and would
prefer a more up to date packages, debian has two other streams. They are
called steams because your can't really install them. Instead you install
stable and then jump on a stream.
The two streams:
Testing aka Sarge
This is the next stable release and the debian devs upload new packages in a
effort to fix all the bugs in it. It will be released to replace woody at
some point.
unstable aka sid
This is where the newest packages are tested. Unstable is very cutting edge,
with new versions as up to date as possible. to give an example of this,
when kde 3.3 was released, it was in unstable before any other distro had
it.
More information about both streams is just a google away.
to switch to one of the two streams open the file /etc/apt/sources.list and
change all references to stable with testing or unstable. Then run apt-get
update && apt-get dist-upgrade . Warning: this may well break your system.
once again, more information is a google away
> 2. How to made my own linux disto from debian ? please give me reference.
>
in general, everyone running debian has it customised in some way, ranging
from different packages to different configuration options. You could look
at ubuntu or knoppix for examples of very well customised debian distros
> regards
> reza
All the best
Pete
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