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<DIV><SPAN class=719140700-23052003><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Bill,</FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN class=719140700-23052003>
<DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is actually a good suggestion.
Installing Woody first is typically the best way to go. From there, it's
easy to apt-get dist-upgrade to either Sarge or Sid. The installation
process for either of those is just unnecessary. As for Sarge, count on
there being bugs in it. It's called 'testing' for a reason. It's
still not as bug free as they would like a release candidate to be. Sid is
pure development, and therefore not only can you count on bugs, you can count on
it some packages being practically unusable. Which is why I say that you
should not use it in production, and it is released only as a way for the
community to help beta test what will eventually go into the 'testing' distro if
it ever gets stable enough for that.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR><SPAN class=719140700-23052003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Again, my
tupence. Thanks for listening.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=719140700-23052003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=719140700-23052003><FONT face=Arial size=2>BTW, Bill, yeah, I'm
that guy. Dunno about the Debian "expert" label, but I do
try.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Regards,<BR>Ben
Pitzer<BR><BR>---------------------------------------------<BR><BR>"Those that
can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety<BR> deserve neither liberty nor safety."<BR> --Ben
Franklin--<BR></FONT></P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> trilug-admin@trilug.org
[mailto:trilug-admin@trilug.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Bill
Gooding<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 22, 2003 5:26 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
trilug@trilug.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [TriLUG] Debian
installation.<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Hi,</DIV>
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<DIV>This reply is for Ken (who was considering installing Debian) and
Ben. Ben suggested you go with the sarge distribution. I would say
that you should not use the sarge installation process given on the debian.org
page. I actually tried it when I was working on the Woody
installation. I figured that I would probably be working with the
testing (sarge) distribution anyway. When I tried the sarge installation
process, it failed to mount my swap space. Later research into it showed
that the sarge install is built weekly. I think they may have a bug in
it. </DIV>
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<DIV>I basically agree with Ben though. But use the Woody installation,
and read over my original comments (they may help). Once you have
installed woody then use apt-get to upgrade your distribution if you
like.</DIV>
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<DIV>Bill Gooding</DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>// Original post</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Ken,<BR><BR>Debian unstable is NOT for production use. Honestly,
I'd go with Sarge<BR>(testing) if I were you. Folks who use unstable
(Sid) are expected to do<BR>bug reports regularly, and really participate in
the development process in<BR>that manner. If you're willing to do that,
and have your machine be<BR>bleeding edge, but always have the potential to
break, lockup, etc., go for<BR>it. But the community view is that there
is a feedback and assistance<BR>responsibility that is expected of Debian
Unstable users. That being said,<BR>do what you like, but be warned that
asking for help in any Debian forum<BR>will probably get you shorter shrift
than usual as an unstable user.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Ben
Pitzer<BR><BR>---------------------------------------------<BR><BR>"Those that
can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary<BR>safety<BR>deserve neither liberty nor safety."<BR>--Ben
Franklin--<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>><I> -----Ori ginal
Message-----<BR></I>><I> From: <A
href="mailto:trilug-admin@trilug.org">trilug-admin@trilug.org</A> [mailto:<A
href="mailto:trilug-admin@trilug.org">trilug-admin@trilug.org</A>]On
Behalf<BR></I>><I> Of Ken Wahl<BR></I>><I> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003
2:49 PM<BR></I>><I> To: <A
href="mailto:trilug@trilug.org">trilug@trilug.org</A><BR></I>><I> Subject:
Re: [TriLUG] Debian installation.<BR></I>><I><BR></I>><I><BR></I>><I>
Thanks, this was useful for me. I've been a Red Hat user since 6.2
and<BR></I>><I> I was thinking of giving Debian unstable a whirl. I
wanted to ask for<BR></I>><I> this very type of feedback from RedHat users
about their experiences<BR></I>><I> installing Debian but was afraid the
question would come off as a troll<BR></I>><I> and/or start a distro
war.<BR></I>><I> --<BR></I>><I> Ken Wahl <A
href="mailto:ken@kenwahl.org">ken@kenwahl.org</A> <A
href="http://www.kenwahl.org/">http://www.k enwahl.org</A><BR></I>><I>
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