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Re:Debian 8.7 released by chris_wot on Saturday January 14, 2017 @11:01PM (#13402231)
Most desktop users are better off with unstable.
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Re:Debian 8.7 released by Franciscouzo on Saturday January 14, 2017 @11:26PM (#13402313)
I'd say testing is a better choice for desktop users, and pinning some unstable packages only if necessary.
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Re:Debian 8.7 released by osivertsson on Sunday January 15, 2017 @06:09AM (#13403502)
Please be aware that security fixes for Debian testing may lag behind [1].

[1] https://www.debian.org/security/faq.en.html#testing

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Re:Debian 8.7 released by chris_wot on Sunday January 15, 2017 @01:01AM (#13402603)
Fair comment!
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Re:Debian 8.7 released by keithpeter on Sunday January 15, 2017 @08:32AM (#13403876)
Some desktop users prefer stable despite its older package set. I use backports on stable for a few things.

HNers will probably prefer Sid as the packages will be newer. debootstrap springs to mind for newer programming language versions &c (I have never used a debootstrap install for that purpose however).

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