My recommendation is that if you want to play/experiment with debian use woody. If you want a VERY stable/boring desktop use woody and if you are like me and can't wait for the latest and greatest software then use unstable. I have had few problems with unstable, less problems that a couple of other popular stable dists (unnamed to avoid a dist war)
On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 09:48, Andrew Errington wrote: > www.debian.org is your friend. You will find a clear answer to this > question. > > If you are wanting to *use* Debian I suggest stable (Woody). You only need > the first CD to get the system up, then apt-get the rest. > > If you are wanting to *play* with Debian I suggest Knoppix, which is a > collection of all the hoopy bits from all the versions of Debian. > > Andy > > On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 09:37, you wrote: > > Hi all, I'm about to start downloading Debian to have a play with. I > > want to run the version that is most recent but not bleeding edge, but I > > am un familiar with the terminolgy. Could I get a quick handle on what > > > > 1) Stable > > - Older packages, very solid > > - Code name???? > > > > 2) Testing > > - Newer packages, still quite stable, not bleeding edge > > - Code name??? > > > > 3) Unstable > > - Bleeding edge > > - Code name??? > > > > Basically, I don't know what the code names are & I am not sure if I > > have testing & stable around the right way. Could someone please > > enlighten me? > > > > Cheers > > Brad -- .''`. Paul William : :' : Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system <h1><b><a href="http://www.debian.org";>debian.org</a></b><h1>
