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Re: A question for the list:



On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 09:17:12 -0400, Andrew wrote in message 
<[🔎] 4CD403D8.50703@walrusgroup.com>:

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> On 11/5/10 8:56 AM, John Hasler wrote:
> > ZephyrQ writes:
> >> Lately, though, Debian seems 'stale'.
> > 
> > If you are talking about a desktop and want to be on the bleeding
> > edge use Unstable.  It's quite usable.

..IME, it's "Unstable", it and "Experimental" doesn't quite 
live up to the expectations of adrenaline kicks you want from 
these PR'y buzzwords. ;o)

> Consider installing apt-listbugs if you're going to run sid. It gives
> you a little list of bugs against packages you're installing/upgrading
> so you can decide if you want to go through with the install. I've
> been saved from catastrophe more then once by that little package.

..' reportbug ' is also nice helping yourself and the DD's. ;o)

-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.


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