Hello All, I was wondering if there are people here who use debian woody on computers directly connected to the internet...but at the same time can't resist backporting or installing a "few packages" from the unstable branch. The point is, I'd like a system (I wouldn't really call this a server though btw) that's directly connected to the net to be as stable as possible, but isn't stuck with old packages like xfree86(ver<4.3), gnome 1.4, and so forth. I'd also like it to have some goodies only available from unstable such as wireless-extensions,bluez packages,tvtime,etc. This is because it's also used for desktop activities especially when not online.
Now, while I do use sid on other computers, can anyone give me insights on whether installing sid on the said sytem is a good idea? Or should I just stick with backports? I'm trying to balance security, stablity and functionality together. I've gotten numerous mixed reactions on this in linux/debian chat channels, so I was thinking I'd post the topic here. Finally, I'd also like to ask what kind of setups fellow debian users here have. Does anyone of you actually still use woody? I personally have gnome 2.2, kde 3.2 on my woody. The problem is, trying to make them coexist with one another has broken a few other packages. For packages that just aren't available for woody, I try to compile from source after hunting down compatible versions if they exist (a very time-consuming task I might add). Thus I'm now seriously contemplating on whether I should just stop the madness and go full-blown sid, while simply version-pinning the packages I think are ok enough for me. -Paul ============================= The statement below is false The statement above is true ============================= -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
