On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 10:33, Anders Breindahl wrote: > I and a friend are playing with the idea of convincing our gymnasium to > using Debian GNU/Linux as their main server OS. > > As it comes to this issue, which release we would want; stable, testing or > unstable? > > Making the choice, it would matter that the focus is on reliability. We > would want it to be absolutely reliable and secure. No security flaws would > be accepted. On the other hand, we wouldn't want it to be outdated, so any > performance-fixes are not included. What is the best compromise?
Hi, I would recommend waiting until the next Debian release. This is currently scheduled to happen on Sept 19th, though deadlines are rather flexible in Debian. You can then go with that "stable" release. If you want to get started now, you can install "Sarge". Sarge is currently in testing. Sarge will become "stable" at the september release date. It's currently pretty good, perfectly fine for doing the setup work. And after the release date, a simple "apt-get dist-upgrade" command will ensure everything gets upgraded to the official release versions. See "http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer"; for Sarge installation info. You *could* install the current stable version, then after the next release upgrade to the new stable version. But I wouldn't recommend it, because the upgrade will want to install *huge* amounts of updates. And in addition, the new installer is much easier to use than the old one. Regards, Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
