
Head_on_a_Stick wrote:...debian-2019 wrote:I started to experience issues due to old kernel or old packages incompatible with newer devices I'm using
https://backports.debian.org/
And thank you for proving kedeha's point
debian-2019 wrote:Don't you think it is just practical to go with the more up-to-date testing version of Debian?
As I pointed out, the stable version of Ubuntu is based on sid.
debian-2019 wrote:It says there:
"Backports cannot be tested as extensively as Debian stable, and backports are provided on an as-is basis, with risk of incompatibilities with other components in Debian stable. Use with care!"
It sounds to me like getting the same risk (more or less) as going all the way to sid.
debian-2019 wrote:Don't you think it is just practical to go with the more up-to-date testing version of Debian?
Head_on_a_Stick wrote:debian-2019 wrote:...
No, testing can be less reliable than sid because the package migration is delayed by 10-14 days so if stuff is broken then it can stay broken for a few weeks whereas sid gets the fixes from upstream straight away.
The Security Team don't cover testing/unstable at all so this can make testing rather vulnerable, mine was open the the MDS vulnerability ("zombieload") for a while.
And the API changes can break configurations and force you to keep updating them, which is a pain.
Head_on_a_Stick wrote:If you're referring to the ISO images then the weekly & daily builds have versions for all of the branches.
The RC1 image is to test the release candidate of the installer for the next Debian stable version.
debian-2019 wrote:Oh my...thanks for making that clear to me now. I may have to go stable version next time and just do the backport thing for unsupported devices.
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
vbrummond wrote:I always run latest testing. My interest in Linux is mostly a curiosity at this point. Debian is still nice though. It hasn't changed much in the last decade.
AdrianTM wrote:There's no hacker in my grandma...
sickpig wrote:vbrummond wrote:I always run latest testing. My interest in Linux is mostly a curiosity at this point. Debian is still nice though. It hasn't changed much in the last decade.
were u curious for the entire last decadesince u created ur forum account here?
4D696B65 wrote:Nice to see you vb
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