On 7/27/05, Fred OGrady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul, > > I have a small question, (as a newbe). > > Just how "Unstable" is Unstable? > > I enjoyed the (accidental) upgrade to Sarge. (I updated and, when I logged > into the GUI, I was suprised to find everything changed.) > > Even in Unstable, I wouldn't expect my system to be crashing every day. > Would I? > > I would expect to see a gradual change in the capabilitys and features of my > system.
I wouldn't exactly expect it to crash. However, right now there is a major transition affecting all C++ programs. If you try to upgrade to sid, expect lots of errors with missing dependencies, some broken packages, etc. Be prepared to hold packages at a pre-sid version until things shake out. etch (testing) isn't so bad - dependencies are guarenteed to be sorted out before packages reach it. But there can still be other kinds of bugs in testing. > I have been playing with Linux for a number of years now, Caldera, Redhat, > Lindows (now Linspire), and most recently, strait Debian. I got sick of > Technicians telling me they had to re-install the OS everytime some files > got corrupt. > > It seems that anyone running Unstable is actually on the cutting edge of > Debian's capabilities (and limitations). > > I hope these qustions are not to off topic. I didn't want to risk Top > Posting. *cough* you did, actually :) Top posting is replying before the quoted text of the previous message.
