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Actually, the packages in Debian Testing and Unstable branches are usually the same versions or more recent than Ubuntu. The names sound scary, but I think Ubu

Actually, the packages in Debian Testing and Unstable branches are usually the same versions or more recent than Ubuntu. The names sound scary, but I think Ubuntu actually takes the Testing packages anyway. In 8 or 9 years I don't recall having any problems using Testing as my day to day desktop. Unstable is also pretty solid, but every in a great while there will be some dependency problem or other breakage that can be a real PITA. It's fun to play with new features, and I use it for one of my home laptops, but I wouldn't use it to get work done, just in case.

emillon 14y ago
> I think Ubuntu actually takes the Testing packages anyway. The automatic synchronization actually picks from unstable. Not that it changes a lot, because the majority of packages end up migrating. I'm not too familiar with the ubuntu processes, but I assume that if the next ubuntu release contains uninstallable packages (or other things that can happen in unstable but should not in testing), they reimport a later package.
shared4you 14y ago
> The names sound scary, but I think Ubuntu actually takes the Testing packages anyway Ubuntu LTS releases are based on Testing, other normal releases are based on Unstable.