Le Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 01:44:56AM +1300, Chris Bannister a écrit : > > Unfortunately, many people new to Debian/Linux get the impression that > testing is perfectly suitable for a desktop system.
Maybe because they have read Debian's website? "things should not break as badly as in unstable or experimental distributions" http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/index.en.html "The unstable distribution is where active development of Debian occurs. Generally, this distribution is run by developers" http://www.debian.org/releases/index.en.html There is nothing in these pages that warns against the use of Testing on a desktop system, except of course that Debian "primarily recommends using" Etch. There are three alternative options for escaping Etch's bugs (for instance white-on-white selections in Evince): - Backporting some packages by hand, but this requires skill. - Using backports.org, but it is unofficial. - Using Testing or Sid. If Debian wants to issue stronger warnings for those using Testing on the desktop, maybe mentionning that it is also a development tool and it is not inteded for normal use would do the job… Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy http://charles.plessy.org Wakō, Saitama, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]