[TriLUG] Debian Sid/Unstable

[Ric Moore]

On 02/26/2014 04:26 PM, Ken MacKenzie wrote:
> Just a curiosity but any Debian Sid/Unstable branch users in here?
I JUST upgraded to Jessie and am still picking up the pieces. I would 
suggest NOT doing this without killing off X, your DM and anything else 
running in user space. It's not a friendly lets-hold-hands session as 
per Ubuntu. I'd install it fresh in the same fashion. Even more so for Sid.

> Debating a switch from Arch on my workstations to Sid instead.  Also
> debating moving some servers from CentOS to Wheezy while I am at it.

Our Non-Profit has a Proxmox server running on headless wheezy. Works a 
charm for me.

> No super specific reasons.  I have liked Arch a lot over the years, I like
> CentOS.  Just never gave Sid a go because, well I don't know why.  I do
> like the idea of having more similar OS installs across all my machines.  I
> just did a quick Vbox install under CentOS of Wheezy.  Looks nice enough.
> Just wondering what others on here think of Sid.
>
> I really can't think of any super specific questions.  But on a SId install
> I will be wanting as bleeding edge as I can get with the software.  I will
> also be running a good deal of audio related software (Cadence, Jack2,
> Ardour3, etc).

 From what I was told, before upgrading from Wheezy that the only 
difference between Jessie and Sid was that Jessie would usually be a few 
days to a week behind Sid. Stuff that was broken in Sid did not go to 
Jessie until the packages settled down a bit. That's my comfort zone, as 
Fedora broke my heart once too often.

> Yes I know of course I will try it out to really find out.  Just you know
> like to kind of poll this group before I do.

The User List at Debian is pretty darn good! No moderator in sight, but 
everyone seems to behave friendly and top notch hands hang there with 
intelligent skills to freely lend. I dumped Ubuntu, like a spouse gone 
bad, when they started moderating the entire user list over the lens 
debacle, when they sent your searches straight to Amazon without a kiss 
my fanny.

So, I installed Wheezy cleanly. Works as well as Ubuntu ever did, and 
for a server you can't beat it. For a Desktop ...it's solid but kinda 
"crusty' package wise. So, if you do install Sid, you'll be fixing stuff 
for me to use! I'm 63, so I'll leave all the excitement to the younger 
ones. <grins>  Ric



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