Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid
andy wrote:
Hi all
This is just a general enquiry about the benefits of using Sid on a
desktop or a workstation. Aside from obtaining up-to-the-minute
software (and related patches), are there any other benefits to using
Sid? I am aware of the risks - i.e. frequently broken applications -
but to be honest, how often does this happen?
I run Sid on my workstations; it's as stable as any Windows box I've
ever run
The real advantage of Sid over Testing is when breakage does occur. With
Testing, you may have to wait a week or two before the fix comes along;
with Sid, the fix is often available within a day or two (not always,
but often). The disadvantage is that breakage usually occurs more often
than in Testing, but as a general rule, such breakage is confined to a
small subset of the system (again, not always.)
Every once in a while a bug will creep in that will totally hose things
for a while, and may take some expertise and/or a learning curve to fix,
but like I say, my Sid experience over the past almost-decade has been
less-problematic than my Windows experiences over twice that time.
For a server or other mission-critical role, I'd suggest you stay with
Stable.
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Kent West <")))><
Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com
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