On Sun January 28 2007 19:44, Oliver Twist wrote: > I am a soon-to-be new user of Debian. I have been using other > (particularly live) distros for a while to learn linux, but I very much > want to move to Debian. > > In any case, with a new major release (etch - 4.0) coming out soon, I am > wondering which release to use right now... the testing release of 4.0 or > the stable release of 3.1 ? > > A few concerns: > > 1) How long will security updates be maintained for 3.1 once 4.0 becomes > "stable"?
Around 1 year, woody was supported for that long after sarge was released. > 2) If I do choose 3.1 for now, will I soon find it necessary to move to > 4.0? Once the security support has stopped I would upgrade. > 3) Any particular reason why it may not be good to pick 4.0 at this point? Not really (in my view). I'm running etch now and I couldn't be happier. It is still testing so it's possible stuff could happen but etch has been downright stable for some time now although there are still rc bugs being worked out. > not looking to start a "which is better" argument, just looking for some > input about making a choice given the current release timeline. They are both good so it hard to say which is best in any case.. :) I use etch mostly for OOo that isn't available in sarge amd64 but works well in etch. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
