Apologies - I meant testing.
s/unstable/testing/g on that last email!
Chris
On 30/12/11 11:29, Chris Malton wrote:
> Hi Leo,
>
> Unstable does throw a wobbly once in a while.... I'm running it on my
> desktop.
> Occasionally (maybe once a month or so) you get the odd broken
> package, but it's not a regular thing, and usually you can work around
> it.
> For me the only thing I have to remember is to run apt-get update &&
> apt-get safe-upgrade every so often to actually upgrade (because
> update-notifier seems a little broken....). For a home server though,
> it's probably safe.
>
> Of course - this is just my personal opinion - what do I know?
>
> Chris
>
> On 30/12/11 11:09, Leo wrote:
>> I'm going to do a reinstall of my home server which currently runs
>> debian stable. I want to put a more up-to-date distro on it and am
>> thinking either debian unstable or ubuntu server. I'm edging towards
>> debian but, despite some googling, it's not clear to me how many
>> broken packages/problems I'm likely to encounter with it. Has anyone
>> much experience with it? Is it a hassle to maintain?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Leo
>>
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