Debian Stable vs Testing vs Unstable
I am confused about the different types of Debian OS offered by Debian community. What do you mean by them ?
What testing do they perform ? Are they on the kernel code or the software installed on the OS or just the compatibility testing with various hardwares ? If I install Debian Stable, then Couldn't I get latest versions of the softwares like firefox using this command "apt-get install firefox" ? What are the advantages of all the 3 Debian OSs? |
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/d...g.en.html#s3.1
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTesting To expand a little, Debian only has ONE release - stable (currently called Jessie). The 'testing' repo is the construction zone for the next stable, and may or may not be in a really usable state at any given time (this generally calms down a bit as the next release approaches). The 'unstable' repo contains the pool of "current" packages which, as it's name implies, change frequently - some of which will migrate into testing as the various criteria for inclusion are fulfilled. |
If the debian repository has the package for Firefox, you can definitely install it using apt-get install command. You have to check the debian repository whether the firefox deb package is available or not.
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As Debian is that cool we freezed the firefox to an iceweasel: https://wiki.debian.org/Iceweasel
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Also, Debian uses the ESR (Extended Service Release) version of Firefox for their current distro's. So currently if you do
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apt-get install iceweasel |
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