Re: "Stable" vs "Unstable" & "Testing"

On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 04:55:03PM -0700, ABSDoug wrote:

Thanks a BUNCH for all the responds! If I'm repeating myself, forgive,
I'm not sure what you've read so far (had some posting issues, now
resolved). I'd like to explain my desire to use Debian stable so as to
get some education here, cause I'm confused now. My reason for wanting
stable (is it called "Freeze"?) was because of a suggestion on the
Ubuntu list. 10.04 UNE has problems with torrents dropping my wireless
connection on my Acer Aspire One. My 1st reaction was, how in the
WORLD does the Ubuntu *Netbook* Edition (formally "Remix") not work on
my *netbook*!? On the Ubuntu list, there was talk about the 6-month
release schedule, talk of Ubuntu being based on "unstable" Debian &
that the answer might be Debian stable if you don't want problems.
This was the 1st time I had heard of "stable" & "unstable", I only
knew there was "testing", which I wanted to avoid. Sounded very
reasonable, with a name like "stable" & finding out Debian is the
SOURCE for other distros, I'm thinking stable is what you'd use if you
don't want to be a "Guinea pig". So I ran right over here. That's what
got me here, but now I'm wondering if I'm going to go with unstable
"Squeeze", what does that offer over Ubuntu 9.10 (Remix). 9.10 (unlike
10.04) works well on my Acer Aspire One. I remember when Windows 7
testing was being given away & most people I knew installed it right
away. I wanted no part of "testing" software having no idea about this
stable vs unstable issue. Hoping to get a good education on this! TIA

You could start by pointing a browser at http://www.debian.org and
following the "available versions of Debian" link in the "Getting
Started" section of the first page.

Cheers,
Tom

--
Jim, it's Grace at the bank. I checked your Christmas Club account.
You don't have five-hundred dollars. You have fifty. Sorry, computer foul-up!
-- "The Rockford Files"

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