I am thinking of moving from redhat to debian. Could you please tell me what version of KDE 2 comes with woody. The latest stable version is KDE 2.2.2.
Thankyou Charlie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paolo Alexis Falcone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian Users Mailing List" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 5:03 PM Subject: Re: Upgrading Potato, Kernel and installing KDE > > 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 no longer actively maintained, and Woody's close to 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 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
