Hi Franklin,
Keep in mind that using Testing or Unstable means :
- More hardware supported.
- Newer versions of software.
- **More bugs**.
reminder: Before Debian/Stable is release, Debian goes through
a freeze period to *find* bugs *fix* bugs, update documentation, etc.
But what if MyPackage 1.0 in stable is broken (for me) but MyPackage 2.0
in testing/unstable works perfectly? On desktop/laptop, I prefer using
newer software with some bugs than older software (which have bugs
anyway). I really don't want to use Gnome 2.14 when 2.22 will be out in
a few months.
IMHO: I wouldn't advice anybody to use Debian/Testing or
Debian/Unstable, unless it's hardware really isn't supported...
Unless the user is willing to help Debian (developing, finding and/or
fixing bugs, etc.)
I wouldn't if it was a server or productive system. But on recent
desktop/laptop, yes, I would recommend using "testing/unstable" because
I think it will probably work better "out of the box". I'm quite new to
Debian (a few months) and directly installed unstable without much
troubles. I would have probably faced more issues installing "stable"
(sound problem, nVidia drivers, etc). But next time, I will warn the
user that using "testing" or "unstable" is not recommended for everybody.
Regards,
Cyril Jaquier
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