Steven Rosenberg https://stevenrosenberg.nfshost.com/blog/linux/debian/ frugal technology, simple living and guerrilla large-appliance repair en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss steven@stevenrosenberg.net (Steven Rosenberg) steven@stevenrosenberg.net (Steven Rosenberg) I haven’t started working on the design for I, Debian, but I will https://stevenrosenberg.nfshost.com/blog/blogging_systems/flatpress/2011_0204_i_havent_started_working_on_the_design.txt I’ve made a few changes here and there, but thus far I haven’t started hacking into the CSS and the templates for this FlatPress blog.

But I will.

]]> Fri, 04 Feb 2011 05:00:00 UTC https://stevenrosenberg.nfshost.com/blog/2011/02/04/05/00/00/ Two days till Debian Squeeze goes Stable https://stevenrosenberg.nfshost.com/blog/linux/debian/2011_0204_debian_squeeze I’ve had this handy countdown graphic on Click for the past couple of weeks. Not that Debian is in the habit of setting release dates, but this particular image came about after the project itself announced that Feb. 5 or 6, 2011 would be the target date(s).

As I’ve written dozens of times by now. Debian Squeeze, still the project’s Testing branch, has been very stable for a very long time. To be sure, there have been little tweaks here and there, mostly in the design department from what I’ve noticed.

A lot of Debian users prefer running Unstable/Sid or Testing on the desktop. I may very well take that route myself. There’s also talk of a Constantly Usable Testing branch of Debian.

The last time I ran Debian full-time as my main desktop was with Lenny from late Dec. 2009 through mid-March 2010. I had everything running perfectly. If I had only known to (and how to) install a newer kernel before upgrading, my dist-upgrade to Squeeze way back then wouldn’t have gone as badly as it did.

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