Re: Desktop user: Etch or the next testing?
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Mitja Podreka wrote:
> Wei Chen wrote:
>> So I'd say that maybe Stable is really not for Desktop use. Testing is
>> the best choice because it is neither too dangerous nor too old.
>>
>> After listening to the suggestions on the list, I have made my decision
>> that I shall first stick with Etch for a while and then upgrade to
>> Testing when I find it too old for me. Thanks. :)
>>
> I was in the exact same situation two years ago. Debian community was
> expecting the new stable release (Sarge), which eventually happened
> about half a year later. New to Debian, actually new to Linux, I figured
> it out that stable (Woody) had too old software, so I ended up
> installing and using Sarge. In between I "discovered" backports and so I
> stayed on Sarge up till one week ago, when after an unsuccessful attempt
> of running Sid, I installed Etch.
Might there be conflicts for backports and "distribution upgrade"?
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Cheers,
Wei Chen
http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/
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