--- Eric Valette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been testing sid myself on my desktop for 4 months and > I'm pretty > satisfied so far... And it enables to use 2.5.x kernel without > too much > trouble...
That's cool... to each his own, I guess... I'm running a home server on testing/sarge, and it works for me... > > > > Seriously, IMHO I wouldn't use it. Get a hold of the latest > > stable (I think it's still 3.0r1) and once installed, point > to > > testing and install from there. > > If you do that on a 2Ghz P4 without ACPI, DRI/ATI non free > drivers, NTFS > and other ATI video drivers stuffs you will > 1) Probably damage your laptop due to excessive heat, > 2) Get nothing from you video card for TV and video > projectors (BTW > Xfree 3.X would help with ATI) > 3) Cannot accees your NT files and I'm not prepared to switch > away > from XP for all the reasosn mentionned above. I seldom use XP > and my > desktop, > > So, like it or not, to run linux on a laptop today, you need > to be on > the bleeding edge... Okay... I see where you're coming from. I've got an older laptop... testing works there fine. > > I understand sid is the right place for testing the new > installer but > putting a *totally* non working one in the ISO image instead > of the good > old stable/testing one + the sid packages makes no sense to > me. I use > the CD to avoid downloading 2.5 GB of files... > > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part3 > 2811559 2446653 277674 90% /usr > Dunno what to tell ya... until it stabilized last year, Woody's installer was somewhat flaky too... I ended up using Potato to install a minimal base and dist-upgrade'ed to Woody from there - that's why I suggested that option, you'll only be at the lower version until you get to sid. Hope this helps... good luck! ===== Tony. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin
