Re: [SLUG] two more Debian questions.

From: Levi Bard (levi@bard.sytes.net)
Date: Fri Mar 07 2003 - 21:33:17 EST


> Unstable is bleeding edge. Things will break. One day you'll find out that X
> doesn't work, since version 4.3 was just put into the archive. Actually, kde
> 3.1 was recently put into unstable, and it was news! Unstable is where new
> software is put in for the first time. When this happens, it usually breaks
> something. At some point, when broken things are fixed for new software, it
> goes into testing.

I have to say, though, I've been using unstable for at least 3 years, and I haven't had any major breaks yet. However, just like with Slimfast[tm], some results may be atypical and not all users will have a similar experience.

Levi



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