[wellylug] Debian vs Debian Woody

[Grant McLean]

On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 23:59 +1300, Rik Wade wrote:
> On 25 Feb 2005, at 23:55, Steven Mulvay wrote:
> >
> > This might be a really stupid question, but what's the difference 
> > between normal Debian and Debian Woody?
> Stable = Woody
> Testing = Sarge
> Unstable = Sid
> 
> If you're a new user, I'd recommend starting with Woody. This is the 
> distribution you'll most commonly find on CD.

I definitely wouldn't recommend Woody for a desktop machine.  The
versions of packages it includes are frustratingly old.  Sure you can
get backported versions of many things but I'd recommend just running
Sarge.

I ran Woody on the desktop for a year and it was ok.  I've been running
Sarge for the last year and it's great.

Cheers
Grant