Are there any major issues with Debian testing?
Just picked up a BBuy cheapo that I will lather/rinse/repeat and put Deb on...just wondering if testing has any major issues that I should be aware of before I make the jump (my main system runs stable). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Are there any major issues with Debian testing?
On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 13:03 -0500, ZephyrQ wrote: Just picked up a BBuy cheapo that I will lather/rinse/repeat and put Deb on...just wondering if testing has any major issues that I should be aware of before I make the jump (my main system runs stable). What might be a major issue for you might not be a major issue for me, or visa-versa. I'm not having any major issues with Squeeze (yet), but that doesn't mean something you think of as critical to Your Debian Experience isn't hopelessly borked in Squeeze. In short, it's all relative. :-) -- Michael M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Are there any major issues with Debian testing?
ZephyrQ wrote: Just picked up a BBuy cheapo that I will lather/rinse/repeat and put Deb on...just wondering if testing has any major issues that I should be aware of before I make the jump (my main system runs stable). Hi, I have been running testing since Etch, and if most of the time everything is running just fine (watch apt-listbugs and apt-listchanges), I did occasionally run into some tricky breakage (xorg related mostly, multimedia packages too). Right now I have mktemp package obsolete in Squeeze, and labeled dummy in Unstable, but if I remove it the system is broken since the coreutils package that should bring a mktemp replacement isn't yet in Testing... (see mktemp bugs tracker) That's the kind of things you might encounter, be ready to diagnose/fix it and you'll be a happy Testing user as I am. Cheers, Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Are there any major issues with Debian testing?
thveillon.debian ha scritto: ZephyrQ wrote: Just picked up a BBuy cheapo that I will lather/rinse/repeat and put Deb on...just wondering if testing has any major issues that I should be aware of before I make the jump (my main system runs stable). Hi, I have been running testing since Etch, and if most of the time everything is running just fine (watch apt-listbugs and apt-listchanges), I did occasionally run into some tricky breakage (xorg related mostly, multimedia packages too). Right now I have mktemp package obsolete in Squeeze, and labeled dummy in Unstable, but if I remove it the system is broken since the coreutils package that should bring a mktemp replacement isn't yet in Testing... (see mktemp bugs tracker) That's the kind of things you might encounter, be ready to diagnose/fix it and you'll be a happy Testing user as I am. Cheers, Tom sudo apt-get install reportbug == it will warn you of known bugs everytime you install/upgrade, so you can avoid broken versions (the idea being that broken stuff gets noticed by debian veterans running sid) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Are there any major issues with Debian testing?
In 4a341413$0$18925$4fafb...@reader2.news.tin.it, Lorenzo Beretta wrote: thveillon.debian ha scritto: ZephyrQ wrote: Just picked up a BBuy cheapo that I will lather/rinse/repeat and put Deb on...just wondering if testing has any major issues that I should be aware of before I make the jump (my main system runs stable). sudo apt-get install reportbug == it will warn you of known bugs everytime you install/upgrade, so you can avoid broken versions (the idea being that broken stuff gets noticed by debian veterans running sid) I think you mean: sudo aptitude install apt-listbugs reportbug is for filing new bugs. apt-listbugs is for finding existing bugs. aptitude is the preferred package manager (over apt-get) since Etch. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: Are there any major issues with Debian testing?
I appreciate the input, Squeeze it is...but... I'm playing with an Athlon 64-bit processor (LE-1620 specifically) and need to download an image...which one? I'm looking at the How-to(s) but they seem to be out of date and I would like to know if I should go full 64bit or stick with the 32bit image. As far as I know, I am not running any unusual software that isn't currently supported... Thanks to all for your input... ZephyrQ wrote: Just picked up a BBuy cheapo that I will lather/rinse/repeat and put Deb on...just wondering if testing has any major issues that I should be aware of before I make the jump (my main system runs stable). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Are there any major issues with Debian testing?
Zephyrq I'm playing with an Athlon 64-bit processor (LE-1620 Zephyrq specifically) and need to download an image...which one? Here is info on how to install Debian testing from an USB stick: http://sunoano.name/ws/public_xhtml/debian_notes_cheat_sheets.html#install_debian_from_USB_stick 64bit is perfectly fine and works like charm if you do not need some non-mainstream software (in which case you simply need to test i.e. it will probably work too) pgpwMlFyCFrsW.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Are there any major issues with Debian testing?
In 4a346517.3040...@sbcglobal.net, ZephyrQ wrote: I'm playing with an Athlon 64-bit processor (LE-1620 specifically) and need to download an image...which one? I'm looking at the How-to(s) but they seem to be out of date and I would like to know if I should go full 64bit or stick with the 32bit image. As far as I know, I am not running any unusual software that isn't currently supported... How much RAM to you have? If more than 3GiB, use a 64-bit kernel. How much RAM will a single application need to address? If 4GB or more[1], use a 64-bit userland. Very few applications benefit significantly from the expanded registers in 64-bit mode. If you have one of those, use a 64-bit userland. 64-bit userland -- amd64 a.k.a. x86_64 a.k.a em64t image 32-bit userland -- x86 image I *think* a 64-bit kernel is available on the x86 mirrors, but I'm not entirely sure. You can always compile your own if need be. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ In 32-bit userland they can address 4GiB minus some overhead. I estimate about 4GB, here. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
