I have a Linux system, Debian Lenny and was thinking about uping to Debian Squeeze or Sid which would be best?

Question

I want more updated programs so that there are more bugs worked out and the only way I can do that is go to Squeeze or Sid which would be better? should I just keep Lenny?


I am running a 64-bit lenny

2gb ram
ATI X1200 graphics card (I am using Compiz)
An Ati Turion 64 X2 Mobile Gold Edition processor at 2.6ghz

Will Compiz or the X-server be negatively affected?

Please be detailed thanks :D

Answer 1

I would keep lenny Debian is really good about not releaseing till its ready and Lenny is the current stable realease

Answer 2

If you are running Gnome then you might consider Sid. I run a testing box (mornings. In the evening I'm usually on my Gentoo/Slackware laptop) anyhow, Xserver-Xorg and KDE have just undergone GIANT upgrades. While the xserver itself is not broken on my Debian Box, kdm most assuredly is and I haven't done too much to fix it because it's been defaulting to XFCE4 which is the default on my laptop for a reason (KDE 3.5 which it was before the upgrade was bearable. KDE 4.X which it is now, drove me off a fedora install on this notebook and I'm NOT sure I want to work in it).



Lenny is the current stable. When I upgraded to Lenny originally, from etch, it was testing so I simply changed all the etch es in my sources.lit file to testing. That meant I changed to sid automatically when it became testing. I also get some unstable -- that is squeeze packages obviously. Testing is not bad. And it's slightly more cutting edge. There are problems but X-Windows DID break in both my Gentoo and Slackware installs when xserver-xorg was first upgraded, and I won't say you won't have any problems at all.

Answer 3

I enjoyed 32 bit Sidux. They do have a 64 bit one. It's sid with some scripts. You are warned on their home page if sid is too unstable to update.



http://sidux.com/

http://linux.com/archive/feature/149400

http://w3you.com/debian/