Re: Sid/Unstable
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Jeff,
I've been running Sid on my desktop machines since..., well, 2000 I
guess. I've not gotten into a "cannot boot" situation, but there have
been two times that X wouldn't start. The Xorg transition was
Interesting Times" indeed. Sid's USB has recently stopped recognizing
my camera, too. I had to go use a system I built in September for my
Mom in order to get the pictures (because I'd rather do that than run
Windows!). Unstable is _unstable_, be ready to be surprised.
I'll echo Vikki's comment that any production server I run runs
stable. I do have a "server" right now that I use for video
transcoding that runs Sid too, but no one else uses it. I don't
consider it "production".
I wouldn't run testing at all. Testing was the first one I tried,
thinking that it sounded good, but there is no imperative to fix
problems in testing. With Sid, if I see something that doesn't look
right, I just don't upgrade for a few days to let it settle down (if
it ever does settle down). Each time a Stable is released, Testing
goes into complete chaos. Not something I ever want to experience
again.
That 2000-2007 stretch has not been without rebuilds, either, and two
different primary laptops. There are going to be times, maybe years
apart, when things get completely confused. Sid may be upgraded more
often, but it also builds up cruft faster. A learning experience it
has been, no doubt about that!
I'd say run unstable on something both interactive and _yours_. Stable
on any system that has to work today and tomorrow.
Curt-
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September 11th, 2001
The proudest day for gun control and central
planning advocates in American history
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