Keith Dart schrieb: > Just FYI, I always run unstable (now ~amd64), and rarely have problems, > and those are mostly compile problems related to my particular mix of > USE flags. Those are quickly fixed. Once running, everything has been > stable for me. I guess that since "unstable" is so stable that no one > is inclined to unmask it for "stable" mask. ;-) > > So go for it... > > By far the biggest headaches have been all the changes happening in the > Xorg world, but that seems to have stabilized now also. > > But always keep in mind that as a Gentoo user you are your own system's > integrator...
oh yes ... Keith, Albert, James, thanks for your replies ... I will consider trying this although I would prefer not to go completely ~amd64 ... as I am very happy with the overall state of my system ... you know, the old dilemma :-) I will look into getting 2.26 soon, thanks. Stefan

