From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arthur Othieno Subject: Re: Which Debian to use? Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 21:01:55 +0100 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3E46B3B3.8030203@gmx.net> References: <200302091030.h19AU7q28455@mail.orcon.net.nz> <5.1.0.14.1.20030209080356.020c3930@celine> Reply-To: arthurothieno@gmx.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Ray Olszewski Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org As Jos and Ray have already given some very good recommendations, maybe I can add that, if, what you have settled for does not work for you, you can always "mix and match" branches - for example I run a mixed testing/unstable system, so if for some reason I need the latest version of a particular software, it's just a few key strokes away ;) More can be gleaned from http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-default-version HTH, Arthur Ray Olszewski wrote: > At 03:39 PM 2/9/03 +0100, Jos Lemmerling wrote: > >> On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, cr wrote: >> >> > The time has come for an upgrade (oh, okay, a reinstall) and I think >> > Debian sounds promising (I'm currently on RH7.2). >> > >> > I'm sure there are Debian users on this list, which version would you >> > recommend? I want something reasonably up-to-date (doesn't need to >> be the >> > very latest) but solid and reliable and preferably easy to handle. >> > Also one that will work well with Gnome and KDE apps. >> >> I'd recommend the latest stable release; 3.0r1 (Woody). It works fine >> with >> the gnome and kde-proggies I run, is very solid and easy to handle. >> >> More info on this release: >> http://www.debian.org/News/2002/20020719 > > > > Jos is probably right in his recommendation (especially as advice for a > beginner), but I want to add a note of caution: Woody does pay a price > for being "stable" in that (a) many newer apps are completely missing > from it and (b) the apps present are often well back of the latest > versions. > > Here, I use Woody (stable) on servers that need to run reliably 24/7 and > that do not offer "bleeding edge" services. But the development work I > do involves applications for processing of video, and that area is > changing far too rapidly for use of Woody to work ... so my workstations > all use Sid (unstable), and I occasionally pay the price that some app > stops running after an update, while the Debian maintainers sort out > compatibility issues. > > In the end, you need to look at the details to move from the vague > notion of "something reasonably up-to-date" to a more precise one of > "able to do the tasks I need to do". > > > -- > -------------------------------------------"Never tell me the > odds!"-------- > Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo > Palo Alto, California, USA ray@comarre.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs