Yearly driver updates? Is this a joke? [LWN.net]

Yearly driver updates? Is this a joke?

Posted Feb 16, 2009 11:15 UTC (Mon) by tnoo (subscriber, #20427)
In reply to: Yearly driver updates? Is this a joke? by khim
Parent article: Debian 5.0 released

It's called testing, and is about as stable as any other distribution out
there. From http://debian.org/releases/

"The testing distribution contains packages that haven't been accepted into
a stable release yet, but they are in the queue for that. The main
advantage of using this distribution is that it has more recent versions of
software."

If you want bleeding edge, use a bleeding edge distribution, like
archlinux.org, which works usually great and has *daily* "releases".

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Where can I download testing live CD?

Posted Feb 16, 2009 12:43 UTC (Mon) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] (3 responses)

It's called testing, and is about as stable as any other distribution out there.

Pehaps I'm unfamiliar with web-site layout but I can not find image of "testing" LiveDVD. If the distribution installer DVD does not support my network card then what good does some repository for me? That's why kernel is special.

If you want bleeding edge, use a bleeding edge distribution, like archlinux.org, which works usually great and has *daily* "releases".

I don't need bleeding edge software. I do need stable distribution - but I need usable and, more important, installable distribution... Ubuntu is less stable but at least I can install and use it...

Where can I download testing live CD?

Posted Feb 16, 2009 19:41 UTC (Mon) by man_ls (guest, #15091) [Link] (1 responses)

To try out Debian testing: always this page. Latest is squeeze. I don't know if there are live images, never cared about them too much.

I do need stable distribution - but I need usable and, more important, installable distribution...

If your hardware needs are so special why not compile and run your own kernel? Debian offers an excellent toolset for the job: you can compile your bleeding-edge kernel, generate your Debian package and install it. It has worked just fine for me when I needed a special configuration not provided by the distro, I'm fairly sure the toolchain works with a later kernel. Otherwise just bring your own kernel to the party. Now if you tell me that you cannot get to the point where you can compile a kernel, or don't want to bother, then I'm afraid we are out of luck.

Where can I download testing live CD?

Posted Feb 17, 2009 12:18 UTC (Tue) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054) [Link]

Check out sidux. It's Debian "unstable" with quarterly install disks.

Where can I download testing live CD?

Posted Feb 17, 2009 12:22 UTC (Tue) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054) [Link]

I replied in the wrong place below..... But check out sidux. Debian "unstable" with install disks.