On 12/23/2013 04:36 PM, Tim wrote: > > On 24/12/13 07:01, Erick Brunzell wrote: >> On 12/23/2013 01:47 PM, Jack Ramsay wrote: >>> >>> Should I be running trusty? >>> >>> >>> >> Not for daily use - NO! > That is an over generalisation, if you need rock solid stability then > best to stick with the current stable release, otherwise it it > probably fine for daily use. >> >> Things can break frequently using versions of any OS that's still in >> development. > This is not really true these days, with all the automated testing and > the such. Breakage is very rare these days, occasionally something > will slip through the cracks but these tend to get fixed pretty > quickly. More common are general regressions as packages get updated, > however mostly these are just minor annoyances. > > The main perceived difference in stability is actually just a > different apport configuration, that more aggressively reports crashes > and errors. > > One thing to note however is that you should *never* use the > -proposed repo for the current development release. This is 100% > guaranteed to cause breakage, it is not meant for human consumption! >> >> It's best to test the dev versions of any OS in either a multi-boot >> environment or in a VM. > If you do run trusty, its probably worth having a backup installation > on another partition, just in case things do go bad, even though thats > pretty unlikely to happen > > Tim
Thanks for the input Tim :^) But we'll have to agree to disagree on this topic - the original question was, "Should I be running trusty?", no more or no less! I stand by my statements. Lance
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