> > I don't know how you are running Sidux AND Debian Sid. Apologies, wan't too clear. The distro called sidux; its core system is Debian sid (as far as i understand)
> On Sid, I run apt-get upgrade about twice a week, read the output of > apt-listbugs and then do the same for dist-upgrade. Will do. > Actually, now the command should be aptitude update, aptitude > safe-upgrade, aptitude full-update. ok. will use those commands if that's the safest option. I fully intend to read through the documentation first, i just wanted to get a bit of feed-back from guys like yourself. As you pointed out, there are differences in the Debian derivatives i've been using in the past. Now that i'm using Debian itself it's always good to get tips from those already using it. Thank you for such a full response. Been really helpful. Jamie > someones idea of what Debian should be/act like mixed in with the Pure > Debian config files and something does not play well with something > else. All Linux distros will do what all other Linux distros can do. > The question is HOW you get there, not IF. If you want Debian Sid, I > suggest you run it. If you want FC9, run that. If you like Mepis, run > that and do what they suggest to keep your system updated. If these > Hybrid systems break, you will have to go to THEIR support pages for > help, we will not know the answer. > > Even Ubuntu differs from Debian in significant ways (for example, there > is no inittab, so don't ask US how to change default boot behavior in > Ubuntu, ask Ubunutu) even though most of us will "overlook" the user who > says "I am running Ubuntu and I can't config NFS" and attempt to assist > him/her, we may not know how to fix that issue simply because it is not > Debian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
