Re: Release of Stable Etch

All my 3 current Debian installs were originally installed from Woody 3.0r2
cdroms, using the 2.4 bf kernel. Then installed the 2.4.27 kernel to try and
get some sounds working. Sarge was still in testing at the time. I changed
the /etc/apt/sources.list to point to Sarge. IIRC the first Woody upgraded to
Sarge had a problem, where during the upgrade The Xserver was shutdown, and I
had to continue the upgrade in text mode. The second Woody upgraded didn't
have this problem, but it was some time later on. Sarge was Stable when I did
the third Woody to Sarge upgrade, this upgrade went with no problems. Changed
the sources to point to testing, and until about 3 weeks ago was my only Etch
install. Sources on this one are now pointing to Etch, and there are still
loads of updates coming in. 152MB, 91 packages only a couple of days ago.
This Etch install will go back onto testing when Etch goes stable, then I'll
be going into unknown Lenny territory.
I am using Ubuntu Dapper on one Desktop, FC6 on the other and Dapper
on my laptop.
I would like to install Etch on the Dapper Desktop, but i don't know
if I should wait until its stable version is released or as soon as it
comes stable with an apt-get upgrade I will have my Etch comes to
stable release?



I also have Fedora Core versions that run on this machine, and have seen loads
of problems with upgrades. I've never upgraded a Fedora core version. I've
always done fresh installs, and currently have FC1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 installed.
FC1 through 4 are no longer supported, but I don't like getting rid of old
faithfulls. I'm sending this reply from FC2, and Etch is running on the other

I have installed FC4 on my office Desktop more that one year ago, and
the upgraded to FC5 with the installation CDs, and in the same way to
FC6 with no problems, so give it a Try if you want to.
--
Guillermo Garron
"Linux IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are."
(Using FC6, CentOS4.4 and Ubuntu 6.06)
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--
Guillermo Garron
"Linux IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are."
(Using FC6, CentOS4.4 and Ubuntu 6.06)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/go2linux
http://www.go2linux.org


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