On 05/29/2011 04:27 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-05-29 at 15:30 +0200, Robin Gareus wrote:
>>> Debian stable is just about the most outdated working Linux system you
>>> can have =). This is great for stability (as the name implies), but
>>> don't expect to see some new software for maybe up to a year or 2.
>>
>> A /stable/ system in a studio or on stage is a good thing! YMMV.
>>
>> But outdated packages is not true [any more]. e.g. debian/stable offers
>> ardour-2.8.11 (the current release), IOhannes is personally pushing Pd
>> to debian/git and you already find the latest LV2/lilv/SUIL/.. in sid.
>> need to list more?
>>
>> For a desktop/devel system you can run a mixed stable/testing/sid by
>> just adding them to /etc/apt/sources.list (either manually or with your
>> favorite package manager - here are the files I use:
>> http://rg42.org/_media/wiki/etc-apt-sources.list.gz
>> http://rg42.org/_media/wiki/etc-apt-preferences.gz
>
> Okay, so I decided to download and install the stable release, to add
> your repository list and if needed I'll mix stable and testing.
>
> For Ubuntu there was an solvable issue using make-kpkg some time ago,
> that's why I was asking.
>
> I suspect no PPPoE during installation?
>
> Anyway, I first try to use
>
> $ wget
> http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.1a/amd64/iso-cd/debian-6.0.1a-amd64-netinst.iso
> --2011-05-29 16:25:54-- [snip]
OMG, PPPoE that's so 1980's :)
Just to preempt problems - don't use the netinst; go for a full ISO
http://www.debian.org/CD/and update it after installation.
Well, actually the netinst image does work with PPPoE; details are
outlined at http://wiki.debian.org/PPPoE (first google hit for "debian
pppoe") YMMV.
> Thank you again,
>
> Ralf
>
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