On Sunday 19 Dec 2004 21:20, Muhammad Reza wrote: > Dear List > > I'm new int this list and noob in Debian, but already success install my > first Debian Woody 3.0r3. > My question is :
Ok, you are asking two questions here, Before answering them, can I point you at http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html which will make getting answers to your debian based questions easier. > 1. Why in this release, package such as KDE, XFree86..etc even the > kernel itself seem old version. This is because you are running woody, also known as stable. The idea behind stable is that it is very stable, stable enough to run for years without crashing, stable enough that you could forget your root password to a woody server and it wouldn't be a problem, stable enough that the very earth could be rent asunder a woody box and it wouldn't fall over. Because most people don't have the need for such a platform, and would prefer a more up to date packages, debian has two other streams. They are called steams because your can't really install them. Instead you install stable and then jump on a stream. The two streams: Testing aka Sarge This is the next stable release and the debian devs upload new packages in a effort to fix all the bugs in it. It will be released to replace woody at some point. unstable aka sid This is where the newest packages are tested. Unstable is very cutting edge, with new versions as up to date as possible. to give an example of this, when kde 3.3 was released, it was in unstable before any other distro had it. More information about both streams is just a google away. to switch to one of the two streams open the file /etc/apt/sources.list and change all references to stable with testing or unstable. Then run apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade . Warning: this may well break your system. once again, more information is a google away > 2. How to made my own linux disto from debian ? please give me reference. > in general, everyone running debian has it customised in some way, ranging from different packages to different configuration options. You could look at ubuntu or knoppix for examples of very well customised debian distros > regards > reza All the best Pete -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
