Jatin Golani wrote: >Hello, > >I sent this mail earlier to this list, however it's >gone unanswered so far. I'd like to upgrade my Potato >system. I'd like to know the following:
I think this was answered (though not directly) if you'll observe the recent threads that flew in this mailing list. >a) Is Woody very very unstable and upgrading a real >bad idea or is it tolerable (or more than tolerable)? Judging from the general mood here in the mailing list, I'd say tolerable enough to use (just bear with some quirks it still has...). The installer for Potato is no longer actively maintained, and Woody's close to being frozen (I sure hope so... maybe this year?) >b) Should I point my apt-get to the unstable or >testing versions in apt-get's sources.list. Woody is currently in testing, though it is widely believed to be close to being frozen before it would be released as the next stable distro. So point it to testing. >c) Is unstable called Woody or testing? What's Sid? Sid is the unstable branch of Debian. Amazingly, unstable is not so "unstable" as in "unusable" though there are clear exceptions to the rule that exists. >I'd also like to upgrade to Kernel 2.4.xx and then >install KDE, would really appreciate any thoughts on >how I should go about that. In woody, KDE2 is included in the list. Woody is also 2.4 ready, meaning you just need to slap in a new 2.4 kernel and you're ready to go. Potato - grab Adrian Bunk's unofficial packages to run a 2.4 kernel in Potato. Paolo Falcone __________________________________ www.edsamail.com
