On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Garl R. Grigsby wrote:
> Ok Debain experts. What is the current release (by number, not name).
2.2, and it's Debian.
> I am to a point in my life where I need some extra pain.
Then don't use Debian, cause it's the most painless of them all. :)
> So this week I
> dive into Debian. Currently I have v2.1. Is this the latest ***stable***
> release? If so I am assuming it is based off of a 2.2.1x kernel? Anybody
> know when to expect the stable 2.4 kernels?
2.2 is the current stable. It's also known as 'potato'. it's using a
2.2.17 kernel I believe. Kernel version 2.4 will be out soon, from
what I understand, but you could use it now, if you wanted. It's pretty
nice.
Debian's stable and unstable aren't like other distros. unstable is still
more stable than most other distributions, and more likely to be current.
Unstable is 'fresh', while stable is 'solid, no unknowns'.
If you are using a home machine, running unstable makes sense, if you want
a larger variety of software and the most recent releases. For a
production machine, running stable makes more sense, since you want solid
and zero errors.
Seth
