Re: sidux

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <mmw@tiger-computing.co.uk>]

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:04:48 +0100
Michael C <sieverfrisch@yahoo.ie> wrote:

> Many swear seem to swear by sidux, though its claim to turn "unstable
> into a stable and reliable operating system for every-day usage" seems
> at odds with common sense, especially given its own advice to avoid
> dist-upgrades in the middle of "serious work" because "any package in
> sid can break at any time, and any person can be the first to discover
> it, especially if it is not a standard sidux package."
> 
> I'm obviously never going to get a considered, impartial appraisal
> from their forum and IRC channel, so has anyone here tried sidux only
> to find that Testing was better suited to their desktop needs?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Michael


If you want to run a "stable" version of Debian "Unstable/Testing", why
not use Ubuntu?  As I understand it, Ubuntu takes the Testing repos and
makes them a bit more stable, then releases them.

Regards,

Matt
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