Re: Back to Debian after 10 years
On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 09:33 +0100, didier gaumet wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 20:28:08 +0000,
> Vasco Costa <vasco.costa@geekslot.com> wrote :
>
> [...]
> > By the way, in case I want to go back to a rolling release scheme, how
> > does Debian testing/unstable behave in this regard for an experienced
> > power user? I know all the nuts and bolts of Archlinux, including
> > using the testing repo and ABS massively, so a comparison by someone
> > which has used both currently would be much appreciated.
>
> Hi,
>
> While I have been using Debian Stable for years, I have tested
> numerous linux distros ands *BSD and last year I switched to Archlinux
> for several months. Eventually I came back to Debian Stable because
> it does not need to be continuously updated, being not a rolling
> release distribution. That is the sole reason.
>
> To *me*, Debian is Unstable is not a rolling release ditribution: it
> is a continuously modified test distribution and is nowhere near
> Archlinux in terms of stability.
>
>
Thanks a lot for your replies Didier, Matthew and Mark.
Didier,
You went right to the point by letting me know that Debian unstable
doesn't quite work like Archlinux for you.
Anyway, I feel like using stable for the foreseeable future as I'm more
than happy with it. Should that need for the latest versions grow again
on me I'll probably get back to Archlinux, nevertheless I'll give a
decent try to Debian testing and unstable first.
--
Vasco Costa
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