Thanks a lot Brian, so right after I install I can change all deb lines and replace 'testing' with 'stretch' ??
On Mon, May 22, 2017, at 09:05 AM, Brian wrote: > On Mon 22 May 2017 at 08:54:59 -0500, Anil Duggirala wrote: > > > Thanks a lot Felix and Micheal. > > I will follow your advice, and for the first time ever, use Debian > > Testing. I guess when Stretch is released I will be able to install > > that, correct? So I will be able to go back to using a stable release > > You already have Stretch installed. Ok, it is not yet released as stable > but it is nearly there. Make sure your sources.list has stretch and not > testing for the deb lines to keep the machine on stable. > > > right? I'm really afraid of testing, the whole reason I like Debian is > > for its stability, but using stable would require me to install various > > packages from backports maybe?? I did try installing that newer kernel, > > that didn't work. > > At this stage of the freeze you are not risking much in terms of > stability. No need to be afraid. > > -- > Brian. >
