"Alan Ianson" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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.
Etch will be supported for 1 year or untill the release of etch+1: "Lenny",
whichever comes first. (Wither way, it should be around a year)
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.
Yes, although It is likely that a reasonable end user would want to upgrade
sooner,
especially considering that backports to old-stable are quite uncommon.
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.
Agreed. There is a slight possibility things could break. But Etch is still
far more stable
then the "stable" versions of most other distros.
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