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You. Are. Not. Supposed. To. Install. Debian. Stable. On. A. Desktop. Machine. How many times will this have to be repeated? Stable is for servers. If you're r

by pikzen 10y ago

You. Are. Not. Supposed. To. Install. Debian. Stable. On. A. Desktop. Machine. How many times will this have to be repeated? Stable is for servers. If you're running webkit based libraries on your server you have other issues. For desktops, both Testing and Unstable are the valid options.

kasabali 10y ago
that's like ... your opinion. the way you try tu make it look as if it's a widely accepted best practice among Debian users is not cool. Debian stable is a perfectly viable distribution for desktop use.
- pikzen 10y ago
  Except... it is? Having spoken with quite a few people on #debian, hell, even a simple google search agrees with that. Don't use stable unless you have a very old machine. Using stable brings you... stability and three years old packages. Using testing brings you stability and six months old packages. Using unstable brings you stability and sometimes fun things and one week old packages. For the Personal Anecdote Bonus Points, even sysadmin friends that swear by stable would tell me to use testing for a desktop distro.
  - kasabali 10y ago
    People over #debian or your sysadmin friends are entitled to their own opinions and not representative of Debian users other than themselves, and for every random recommendation for not using stable you can find another random one about dangers of using testing or unstable. If you check the Debian web site you'll see stable is the only one which is offically supported and recommended by the project and there is no distinction for "server" or "desktop" use cases. Had stable was non-suitable as a desktop OS you can be sure Debian developers wouldn't bother releasing and supporting thousands of desktop/graphical packages with the stable release. In the end stable, testing and unstable have all their pros and cons, strong and weak areas and some are more suitable for some use cases. That Debian stable is only for servers and it is not a good desktop OS is a myth that needs to die. Stable is a damn fine desktop OS. Everyone is free to use whatever they deemed best for their use but when you post blanket statements like "You. Are. Not. Supposed. To. Install. Debian. Stable. On. A. Desktop. Machine." and "Stable is for servers" on a public forum you are spreading misinformation and you should just stop.

by pikzen 10y ago

kasabali 10y ago

that's like ... your opinion. the way you try tu make it look as if it's a widely accepted best practice among Debian users is not cool. Debian stable is a perfectly viable distribution for desktop use.

pikzen 10y ago
Except... it is? Having spoken with quite a few people on #debian, hell, even a simple google search agrees with that. Don't use stable unless you have a very old machine. Using stable brings you... stability and three years old packages. Using testing brings you stability and six months old packages. Using unstable brings you stability and sometimes fun things and one week old packages. For the Personal Anecdote Bonus Points, even sysadmin friends that swear by stable would tell me to use testing for a desktop distro.
- kasabali 10y ago
  People over #debian or your sysadmin friends are entitled to their own opinions and not representative of Debian users other than themselves, and for every random recommendation for not using stable you can find another random one about dangers of using testing or unstable. If you check the Debian web site you'll see stable is the only one which is offically supported and recommended by the project and there is no distinction for "server" or "desktop" use cases. Had stable was non-suitable as a desktop OS you can be sure Debian developers wouldn't bother releasing and supporting thousands of desktop/graphical packages with the stable release. In the end stable, testing and unstable have all their pros and cons, strong and weak areas and some are more suitable for some use cases. That Debian stable is only for servers and it is not a good desktop OS is a myth that needs to die. Stable is a damn fine desktop OS. Everyone is free to use whatever they deemed best for their use but when you post blanket statements like "You. Are. Not. Supposed. To. Install. Debian. Stable. On. A. Desktop. Machine." and "Stable is for servers" on a public forum you are spreading misinformation and you should just stop.