At Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:24:05 +0000, Ananda Samaddar wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > Is anyone running unstable at the minute and if yes, what is it's > current state like? I'm thinking of biting the bullet and upgrading > this little gem of an iBook to Sid. I've got everything more or > less working to my liking but I don't want to end up breaking > something as this is the only working machine I currently have and I > need it for essential day-to-day usage.
I've been running Debian unstable on my iBook G4 for 1.5 years now. (I'm also running unstable on my x86 desktop) My iBook is also essential for day-to-day usage. In those 1.5 years, I didn't have any significant problems. BUT... I'm fairly experienced with linux, and before upgrading I always check which packages will be upgraded. If it's an important package, I just wait a week or something before doing the upgrade. The only actual problem I had, was that after an upgrade of X.org, my X server refused to start. The problem IIRC was that the Xserver could not find the fixed font. I needed to change the font paths in the config-file to get it working again. I found that solution on someone's blog. So, it was not such a serious problem in the sense that I got it fixed quickly. But I think this is an example of something that can happen on unstable. From what I read, this kind of situation happens only rarely, but there's always a chance that it happens... and that it happens at a very inconvenient time. (of course, you shouldn't upgrade at an inconvenient time...) Are you upgrading from stable or from testing? Either way, it's possible the format of some configuration files changed between software versions, and this means you'll have to update those when doing the upgrade. Another thing to note, is that when using unstable, you'll download more updates than when using testing.... kinda obvious, but well. Maybe you should tell us why you want to upgrade to unstable, when -as you say- you got everything working more or less to your liking? It's also possible to use the 'unstable' version of one software package, while using the testing version for everything else. For this, you need to properly configure /etc/apt/preferences. Kind regards, Ruben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
