On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 03:10:38PM -0300, Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > El jue, 20-09-2007 a las 10:42 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani escribió: > > > If you want more up-to-date apps you'd rather use Lenny, which is the > > > actual testing distribution. It has the advantage of being up-to-date > > > while keeping a good level of stability. It's meant for final users > > > (unlike stable, which is meant for servers) > > > > The testing is meant for final users? I mean I am using etch on a laptop > > but of course would like some of the latest versions of some programs without > > having to compile them from source. So lenny is quite stable then for end > > desktop users? > > > Yes it is. > > Of course it's not meant for final users in the same sense as ubuntu is, > you may get some dependency problems from time to time, but nothing hard > to solve with a few 'apt-get install ...' (don't use aptitude on a > non-stable distro!) Whyever not? I've been using aptitude on various testing/unstable systems since before Sarge was released and I've never had a problem. In fact, hasn't aptitude been recommended over apt-get since Sarge? -- Benjamin A'Lee <bma@subvert.org.uk> http://subvert.org.uk/~bma/ "Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes." - Mahatma Gandhi
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