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I love Debian. But I wish they had a stable version released more often.

by Supermighty 13y ago

fredsted 13y ago
Why?
bluedino 13y ago
Unstable is pretty dang stable.
- Supermighty 13y ago
  Halfway between Stable releases I switch to Testing. It helps keep my software versions fresh with upstream releases.
- jebblue 13y ago
  If I understand it right, Unstable doesn't get security fixes: http://www.debian.org/security/faq#unstable http://www.debian.org/security/faq#unstable And Testing doesn't get fixes for contrib and non-free: http://www.debian.org/security/faq#testing http://www.debian.org/security/faq#testing
  - Thrymr 13y ago
    It means that unstable isn't specifically tested for security, but security fixes will go to unstable first, before they propagate to testing.
    - jebblue 13y ago
      Thanks for the clarification but reading the FAQ again for both Unstable and Testing in the context of your comment I'm still struggling to compare it to how Ubuntu gets security fixes for example. I checked the security site listed in the Testing area in the Debian FAQ and don't see the recent SSH fix or the recent Linux kernel fix. http://www.debian.org/security/ http://www.debian.org/security/ I do see them on the Ubuntu site: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/ http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/
Datsundere 13y ago
When was the last time you used Debian? I'm using arch (rolling distro) as my main OS. I do EVERYTHING on it.
- mikegirouard 13y ago
  I've gotten a lot of mileage out of Arch too, though I won't use it on a server anymore. The rolling release schedule is too much for me to manage there.. but for my daily-driven workstation, I find it to be a fantastic OS.
octagonal 13y ago
You could try getting on the testing release which (as far as I can tell) is still ten times as stable as Ubuntu while still getting frequent updates. Testing is the best of both worlds IMO (stability <-> freshness)
- codygman 13y ago
  My only problem is compiling nvidia drivers on the testing default kernel right now. At least there was a bug keeping it from compiling with dkms.
- deleted 13y ago
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gagege 13y ago
http://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php http://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php There, fixed :)
snarfy 13y ago
Ubuntu is basically debian unstable + ubuntu crap.
- jbeja 13y ago
  And ironically Debian packages are more bleeding edges.

I love Debian. But I wish they had a stable version released more often.

fredsted 13y ago

Why?

bluedino 13y ago

Unstable is pretty dang stable.

Supermighty 13y ago
Halfway between Stable releases I switch to Testing. It helps keep my software versions fresh with upstream releases.
jebblue 13y ago
If I understand it right, Unstable doesn't get security fixes: http://www.debian.org/security/faq#unstable http://www.debian.org/security/faq#unstable And Testing doesn't get fixes for contrib and non-free: http://www.debian.org/security/faq#testing http://www.debian.org/security/faq#testing
- Thrymr 13y ago
  It means that unstable isn't specifically tested for security, but security fixes will go to unstable first, before they propagate to testing.
  - jebblue 13y ago
    Thanks for the clarification but reading the FAQ again for both Unstable and Testing in the context of your comment I'm still struggling to compare it to how Ubuntu gets security fixes for example. I checked the security site listed in the Testing area in the Debian FAQ and don't see the recent SSH fix or the recent Linux kernel fix. http://www.debian.org/security/ http://www.debian.org/security/ I do see them on the Ubuntu site: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/ http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/

Datsundere 13y ago

When was the last time you used Debian? I'm using arch (rolling distro) as my main OS. I do EVERYTHING on it.

mikegirouard 13y ago
I've gotten a lot of mileage out of Arch too, though I won't use it on a server anymore. The rolling release schedule is too much for me to manage there.. but for my daily-driven workstation, I find it to be a fantastic OS.

octagonal 13y ago

You could try getting on the testing release which (as far as I can tell) is still ten times as stable as Ubuntu while still getting frequent updates. Testing is the best of both worlds IMO (stability <-> freshness)

codygman 13y ago
My only problem is compiling nvidia drivers on the testing default kernel right now. At least there was a bug keeping it from compiling with dkms.
deleted 13y ago
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gagege 13y ago

http://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php http://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php There, fixed :)

snarfy 13y ago

Ubuntu is basically debian unstable + ubuntu crap.

jbeja 13y ago
And ironically Debian packages are more bleeding edges.