Re: Possible New User - Intro
Andrew,
On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 08:53:59AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> nudge ----> debian.
>
> there you go. ;-)
Thanks, I needed that.
> You sound like you are experienced enough that you might think about
> running "sid", "unstable" debian. Its does break now and then, but really
> keeps up very well.
That sounds like it might be a good option.
> The thing to remember about Debian -- when a release goes "Stable" then it
> doesn't change, except for security fixes. So if you install etch, you
> will NEVER see a new version of Hercules other than security patches.
That's good to know. When Etch goes "Stable" does Sid move up to "Testing".
> You can certainly run a mixed system using a "Stable" installation and
> then various packages from "testing" and "unstable". This is a complicated
> setup and *can* break if there is a major library change in the newer
> releases. Also you can run backports of various packages, if they are
> available. YOu can also pull the source from testing or unstable and build
> your own backports.
All sound like possibilities worth exploring. And, thanks to VMWare I can
even experiment without affecting my main box. Can one switch from one
version to another, from Etch to Sid for example, by simply updating
sources.list and running an update/upgrade? I do like the "rolling update"
feature some distribution, such as Arch, have.
Kevin
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Bruceville, TX
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