Re: Kanotix, PCLOS for the InstallFest?

Eric Shubes writes:

> Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
>
>> I've been reading a lot of positive things about Kanotix. Has anybody on
>> this list tried it? It's based on Knoppix, but uses straight Debian Sid
>> packages. You upgrade from Sid, not from a mix of repositories that tends
>> to break things. Basically, once it's installed it's pure Debian Sid. The
>> ability to upgrade without breaking things is a big issue, and this one
>> has that problem solved.
>
> Or does it? Sid is the 'unstable' (vs. testing, stable) release. I don't
> know how unstable Sid is exactly. My guess is that it wouldn't be stable
> enough for newbies. It might be suitable for some users though. It depends
> on the user's requirements.
>
I'm not a Debian user, but from what I've heard, Sid is at least as stable
as the bleeding edge packages that come standard with a Mandrake release.
And we install Mandrake for people.
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