-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jochen Schulz wrote: > Jordi Carrillo: >> I'm using Debian testing and I was thinking about switching to unstable. Is >> Debian unstable, stable enough for a Desktop system? > > No, if you rely on your system to be available 100% (time and function > wise). No, if you don't (know how to) use the BTS, dpkg, apt, package > documentation. If you don't know how to upgrade (and cannot find out > except by asking here), take that as a sign that unstable is not stable > enough for you. > > Yes if you have fun living on the edge. Yes, if you have enough time on > your hands to fix a breakage now and then.
But isn't Windows like that? I *know* that Mandrake "stable" is like that. IOW, how much do you know about managing a Debian system, since *something* (big, small, middle) will break every month. > Yes, if you take regular > backups of your important data. Really? Nothing that bad has ever happened to me. >> Are there broken dependencies in unstable? > > Yes, sometimes. But that usually just means that you have to wait > upgrading or installing a particular package. Most of the time you can > still install an earlier version from testing or stable. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFAWHjS9HxQb37XmcRAru6AKCg7GPFHkHJz0yMcKpP4QjhnzJlawCbBLVQ obOpUc5wuLZtsKGxt6RLl8M= =pokY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
