Sidux stability?

Michael Hipp Michael at Hipp.com
Fri Mar 21 06:51:06 PDT 2008


Collins Richey wrote:
> Also, to avoid any breakage, you need to update frequently. Any longer
> than 2 months is definitely not recommended. If you are averse to
> frequent upgrades (up to 200 packages per week), Sidux is not for you.
> I usually do the upgrades every weekend, or in the case of the laptop
> (which I don't us as much) every 2 weeks.
> 
> In spite of Lonni's opinion, I don't really expect everyone to rush
> right over to Sidux. You need to have a taste for development level
> systems and the extra care that is required. I've been running it for
> 7+ months with no major breakages other than the painful period of
> transition to the current xorg release (Oct-Dec? can't remember that
> far back). That would have been even more painful with regular sid.

Sidux sounds like it might be a fun system to hobby around with. I might try it 
some day when I don't have anything else to do. But I can't imagine what sort 
of a lunatic I'd have to be to run it on anything resembling a production 
system. (But I suppose that is not its target market.)

Michael







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