Need Advice Concerning Testing Branch and Unstable Branch
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Need Advice Concerning Testing Branch and Unstable Branch
((First off, I had a stroke and am brain damaged. I have really bad short term memory problems.))
I have been using Debian exclusively since 2005. Until my stroke, I was using, eventually, a "blend" with Testing and Unstable. I "think" I understand the risks of Unstable.
Since my stroke, I used Stable, but moved to testing about six months ago. I need some advice to make the determination if I should stick with testing or move to unstable.
Weirdly, I would also like to hear (actually read) NEGATIVE aspects of using unstable, and would appreciate any advice from any users of this fine forum.
Thank you, all, in advance for any input to my question, and have a good day.
I used Testing for a while and I never had anything break on me. But I'm probably atypical; I use only a limited number of applications. If something does break, the problem can hang about for a long time, because they don't fix things in Testing unless there are security implications. You have to wait until a better version comes through from Unstable.
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