Be aware that normally Debian testing does not get current security updates. Right now Debian is in transition to make Sage stable so they decided in August to start porting all security updates to testing which is standard practice for the transition. Both stable and unstable have better policies to include security updates. Unstable gets security updates because of the quick release cycle. A security update will be loaded into the normal unstable stream as fast as the security update is added to stable's special security repository. Testing, may in fact, be a better choice for business workstations because you can control the internal network with firewalls and policies. Whereas, a home computer might be better using the unstable branch because it may be directly on the Internet. I wish that alternative Debian distros like Knoppix or UserLinux would contribute to supporting a testing security team. Unfortunately, most home users would not be patient enough to deal with an update that leaves some programs not working for a couple days. I once had a problem with Firefox and had to use Mozilla until I found a workaround in the bug report (uninstall package and reinstall it). Otherwise I've had issues where packages can be upgraded but the dependencies are not available for a couple days. I had to use the older program until the dependencies are made available. Jeff Rasmussen On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 08:11:33 -0500, Josh Welch <tclug at joshwelch.com> wrote: > Charlie Obert wrote: > > Since people seem to be talking about Debian.... > > > > I'm going to want to check out Sarge with the new release-candidate > > installer for X86. > > > > My question - should I just go ahead, or would it be preferable to wait > > for Sarge going to release/stable a little later this year? > > > > Any strong opinions, gentle(wo)men? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Charlie Obert > > > > I've installed sarge on my laptop, so far so good. It's considered a > testing release, but seems pretty good for home use so far. I'm new to > debian, and it seemed like sarge's installer was a lot easier to use > than woody's. > > Josh > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Jeff Rasmussen GPG public key 0x9686C12F _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list