[NBLUG/talk] Debian

Steve srj at adnd.com
Thu Jun 26 14:45:01 PDT 2003


On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 06:10:09PM -0700, Jeremy Turner wrote:
> Additionally, there are the testing (code name sarge) and unstable (code
> name sid, who was the crazy kid or some say it stands for "still in
> development") branches, which let you use software that may not be ready
> for prime time on a production server.  I find unstable fine for my
> desktop and have only had 1 or 2 problems with it in the last 2-3 years.

Is changing from stable to unstable as simple as changing the word stable
to unstable  in the sources.list file?

Also when debian comes out with a new release, will upgrading the system
be as simple as doing an apt-get
late one night and magicly you are now running the newest release of debian?

So far I'm liking Debian, its not as "Polished" as RedHat but it works.
My biggest problem so far was getting X to work.. I didnt know what
packages to get =) so I just tried apt-get install kde and it got almost everthing
then I had to  apt-get install xserver-xfree86, now I have a working KDE
setup. =)

I also see that RPM is installed.. so I am assuming I can install RPMS
on this system if I need to.

-Steve



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