> Are there packages from Testing and Unstable on the Debian CD's (3.02 > etc)? or just Stable. > I'm interested in installing Debian, but many packages in stable seem a > little out of date, and an upgrade with a 56k modem looks as though it > would take forever.
:-) check the archives. There was a rather long thread on the releases a while back. Stable contains just Stable packages - hence the name :-) The release you run largely depends on the role the particular machine fills, and on how much you trust the packages in unstable/testing. I ran my home network (sad I know) on a 56k dialup until recently - now that I can get broadband it has made keeping everything uptodate a *lot* easier....even network installs :-)) If you want to run a production server, I thoroughly recommend using Stable (woody) - with maybe the odd backport, depending on the packages you need ... I run web/dns/dhcp/db/file/ftp servers, both @ home and @ work, on Stable with no problems .. I can't think of a particularily good reason to need > Stable for a server. For workstations, any of the releases should be fine - just bear in mind that if anything breaks you get to keep both halves! :-) Having said that, this forum is a superb source of information and help should anything go TU.. HTH. Cheers, Pete. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
