On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 07:10:10PM +0200, Pander wrote: > Hi all, > > For the last half year I have been using my Powerbook G4 12" with debian > unstable. At this moment (almost) everything I need is working properly > with this distribution (thanks to this list, the developers and package > builders out there). Unstable is accroding to me very very stable for > its name but still sometimes things are broken, like kde4 for me at this > time. > > So I was wondering, instead of having the bleeding edge stuff, what > alternative is there at this time and what are peoples experiences with it? > > Can I with this hardware downgrade to sid? testing? ...? What is better? > Is it more stable than 'unstable'? How far is this alternative lagging > behind regarding unstable? Will Powerbook G4 12" work with it? Is > apt-get dist-upgrade 'always' resulting in a stable system? What are > most of the Powerbook G4 users out there using at this time? > > As for the kernel, I'm completely satisfied with rsyncing it myself with > penguinppc, so it more of a question on kde and gnome stability.
http://www.debian.org/devel/testing If you see a must-have in unstable, install it using apt-get -t unstable, and it will draw in only the dependencies it needs without making your whole system 'unstable'. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net
