Keith Hinton keithint1234@gmail.com wrote:
If you wish to use GRML as a hard disk system, what happens if you attempt to use stable Debian packages to avoid breaking things?
I'm not sure, but you can just use GRML to install a Debian Stable system to your hard disk with Debootstrap if you really care about that level of stability.
Why Apache and stuff is included on a Debian-unstable system is beyond me. Especially because the software should not be included in the first place.
Debian Stable moves too slowly for most of us, including the GRML developers, I assume.
Unstable is much more reliable than you might think, and Debian Testing even more so. I know of people who run Debian Testing on their servers without any trouble.
With respect, please do your homework before criticizing decisions made by people who are more knowledgeable than you are. It would have been better to ask the question instead of proclaiming that certain packages (or versions of packages) shouldn't be included in a distribution.
People may get the idea that servers can be ran on grml! For a blind user that has discovered GRML, the user may go running programs/services never intended for use on GRML! What do you all think of this?
Not a problem.
I have read the Debian unstable FAQ, and the answer in that document is "Are you insaine? No!" To the question about "Should I run Debian-Sid on my server?"
That's somewhat extreme, and as I said, Debian Testing is considered by some to be sufficiently stable for server use.
GRML includes Speakup accessibility, wich I require in my Linux kernels; and often don't have time to compile a Linux kernel, therefore I use GRML. Would I be better off installing a plain Debian system rather than GRML perhaps on my laptop When I get back in the next few weeks to set it up?
I run Debian Sid on my desktop and laptop, have done so for almost ten years, and I've rarely encountered a problem that took more than a few minutes to fix. Most of the time, it works well, and I just keep upgrading it every week or two.
Your needs and tolerance for the occasional package downgrade may be different. I don't know.