Re: Debian, Knoppix, and other varients

From: Adam Aube (aaube01_at_baker.edu)
Date: 02/09/04

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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 11:55:03 -0500

    On Monday 09 February 2004 11:37 am, Mike M wrote:
    > Does this mean that the only way to get a system that just works is to
    > mix and match software from all branches?

    That depends on how you define "just works". All branches except stable
    have a chance of broken packages, so based on that stable is the only
    branch that "just works".

    The mix of the branches provides a system that "just works" while
    supporting newer hardware that stable does not currently support.
    However, this same mixing makes it difficult to keep a system updated
    from the Debian archive, as a package that worked when the Knoppix CD was
    made may be broken currently in the branch it is drawn from.

    I would not use Knoppix for anything other than a Live CD for this reason.

    Adam 

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