28 Dec
2012
28 Dec
'12
4:07 a.m.
On Thursday 27 December 2012 07:40:57 you wrote:
I am just about to install Debian and TDE on my
husband's birthday
present box. He is quite clear that he wants Squeeze. He likes
stability and would rather have a reinstallation in the not too
distant future than have something not called Stable. And he hates
change! But not even the prospect of being left in peace far longer
could tempt him into Wheezy.
Moreover, he is adamant that he likes KDE 3 best. (I have given him
various environments to try.)
BUT - I'm the one doing it! If I can present him with a stable box,
even if not a Stable one, he will be happy.
So - how stable is Wheezy with TDE 3.5.14 nightly builds? I get the
impression not quite.
But using Squeeze means opening the box and putting an extra network
card in in order to be able to install it. (Or anything else with a
kernel < 2.6.34.)
I just want to be quite sure in my mind that Wheezy won't yet do,
before I start opening boxen.
Thanks .
As usual, it depends :-) I have been testing Wheezy & nightlies for
quite a while in a Vbox instance, mostly streaming media (flash
content), entertainment no issiues that affect my usage.
I also put both on a new Thinkpad this summer, been updating for
several months now with no issues.
I use the cli for all my file management and system config, no auto
mount stuff, TDE as a WM, mostly for kdepim. I don't see some issues
others may have since I don't use any of the KDE utilites etc.
I would strongly suggest using Wheezy, release critical bugs are the
only issues left. I would suggest 3.5.14 (nightlies) instead of
3.5.13.1 + Squeeze depends.
--
Peace,
Greg