Re: Running Unstable (was: Is that all there is to it??)
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On Wednesday 14 March 2007 08:30, Cassiano Leal <cleal@via-rs.net> was
heard to say:
> Really? I didn't know that. What are the basic steps to do it? I
> was really eager to try sid, but didn't want to break my etch and
> have to reinstall everything!
I've never actually done a chroot system. Sorry.
But I can tell you that running Unstable where ever I run Debian over
the last 7 years has been a great way to learn. Yes, the Udev and
Xorg transitions were difficult, but hardly impossible. Everyone
running Unstable goes through the changes at about the same time, and
someone, somewhere, always has figured out how to resolve it.
Remember, with a Linux-based system, it is exceptionally difficult to
actually "hose" the system. Oh, sure, the wireless network might not
come up, or as with the Xorg change X might not automatically start
with the correct screen settings, but 99.9% of the time problems are
predictable and easily fixed.
Kernel updates, even from 2.0 to 2.2, 2.2 to 2.4, 2.4 to 2.6, have all
been interesting, as in Chinese Curse, with 2.4 to 2.6 being the most
interesting. But those are very rare and very well documented. Ah,
the swap-storms of 2.4.9.... Is this the kind of thing I'll be
telling my grandkids about while rocking on the porch, the way other
people talk about hurricanes and floods and revenuers?
I have to compile the MadWifi module for my wireless card. I have to
do that each time the kernel or the driver is, so it takes an extra
couple of minutes and a reboot. No big deal.
About the only bit of serious advice I'd give in running Unstable is
what I'd give anyone: Don't purge a previous, working, kernel until
you know the new kernel is working. :^)
One way I avoid cruft is that I use dselect, and make sure to "purge"
all obsolete and other packages that are being removed. Maybe
aptitude has a setting for that, I don't know.
Curt-
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