On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:20:44 +0100 CJE <johan.schi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > My most recent experience trying to install sid was: YOur fucking > script did not work AT ALL... so I had to install LMDE6 FIRST to get > a running and boootable system... then youre intsallation scripts > FINALLY understood what was going on... and lett med also add netinst > debian stabel... WHat a complete catastrophe... I mean i have mad > about several hundred debian installations A note: the direct sid installation is fairly recent and is a bit experimental. Debian Stable is the usual version installed, and the Stable installer is well-tested. There should be no problems even for newcomers to Linux. I use sid on my workstation, and have had to reinstall a few times over the years. I would never consider using the sid installer, I'm aware it may not work well, and I want to end up with a reliable system, or at least as reliable as sid can be. I would always install a minimal system (no GUI) from the current Stable netinstall, then upgrade to sid. If the installation is minimal you can usually get away with a direct upgrade to sid, though it is recommended to go via Testing. Then I would add what I needed. I understand your annoyance, but sid is a testing distribution which may have problems at any time, and the installer can hardly be expected to be better than the OS it installs. I'm sure in the past you have installed sid via Stable, and that is still the most reliable method. -- Joe
