On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:16:33 -0600 Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com> wrote:
> John Jason Jordan put forth on 11/21/2009 11:44 AM: > > > I need advice. > > If you have never used a bash shell or are not comfortable with it, or > are not comfortable with vi/vim and editing Linux config files with > such, then I suggest you stay far, far away from any Debian > testing/unstable release. Things will break and you'll be required to > work from the CLI (command line interface, i.e. bash and vi) to fix them. > > For instance, if X (GUI desktop) breaks, and you can't get to Icedove to > email a bug report or get help from this list, or log onto a web help > forum through Iceweasel, what then can/will you do? If you don't have > another PC available to do such things, then you're completely dead in > the water with your hosed "cutting edge" system, and will have to stick > that old Ubuntu hard disk back in to allow communication with the > outside world. My $.02 - it's probably a really good idea to have a small, stable installation installed alongside a testing/unstable installation even if one *is* a CLI expert - forget X, what happens when really basic stuff, like networking, breaks? Been there, done that: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2008/07/msg01704.html The problem turned out to be this (thanks again, Sven): http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=491114 Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org