Running Debian Squeeze

ggarron | February 16, 2009 - 1 year 23 weeks in

Debian Linux

Hi, I have just upgraded from Debian Lenny to Debian Squeeze, and so far so good, everything is working great as I am used to since I start using Debian, when Etch was in testing.

Since then I have never reinstalled my Debian machine, I have installed Etch Testing that day, and then upgraded to Lenny and now to Squeeze, I have even change the machine and only disconnect the disk from the old one and connect it to the new one, and everything continue to work the same, let me tell you that is not a server and it is my Desktop PC.

I have installed there Gnome, XFCE, Openbox, Fluxbox and a lot of other software, like skype, opera, Open Office, Firefox, Thunderbird, and lots of tools.

As for the server applications I am running pdnsd as my personal DNS server and polipo as my personal web server, I also have installed there apt-cache because I also have Debian in my Laptop and do not want to download the same files twice.

It has been a great experience all this time with Debian, I have never has any problem of system halted, nor even an application halted, so I can say that at least for Desktop application Debian testing is stable.

It must be said that you can not count with the latest software if you are with Debian, but usually you don't need it.

I have a dual boot with two Linux or even triple boot, where I have Debian, Crunchbang Linux and Gentoo Linux, that way I may have the latest software and learn about Linux.

I think I will stay as a Debian user for a long time.

[Update - 17/02/2009]

I will add here the packages that were updated when I switch from Lenny to Squeeze

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[REMOVE, NOT USED] djvulibre-desktop
[REMOVE, NOT USED] libboost-filesystem1.34.1
[REMOVE, NOT USED] ttf-dustin
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libasn1-8-heimdal
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libdjvulibre-text
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libgssapi2-heimdal
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libheimntlm0-heimdal
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libhx509-3-heimdal
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libkrb5-25-heimdal
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libroken18-heimdal
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libsox1
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libwind0-heimdal
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] python-reportlab-accel
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] xfonts-terminus
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] libsox0
[UPGRADE] alacarte 0.11.5-1 -> 0.11.6-1
[UPGRADE] apt-cacher 1.6.4 -> 1.6.7
[UPGRADE] avahi-daemon 0.6.23-3lenny1 -> 0.6.23-4
[UPGRADE] avahi-utils 0.6.23-3lenny1 -> 0.6.23-4
[UPGRADE] bsd-mailx 8.1.2-0.20071201cvs-3 -> 8.1.2-0.20081101cvs-2
[UPGRADE] cdrdao 1:1.2.2-16 -> 1:1.2.2-17
[UPGRADE] checkpolicy 2.0.16-1 -> 2.0.16-3
[UPGRADE] clusterssh 3.22-2 -> 3.24-1
[UPGRADE] conky 1.6.0-2 -> 1.6.1-1
[UPGRADE] cpio 2.9-13 -> 2.9-14
[UPGRADE] cpp-4.3 4.3.2-1.1 -> 4.3.3-3
[UPGRADE] debhelper 7.0.15 -> 7.0.17
[UPGRADE] debianutils 2.30 -> 2.31
[UPGRADE] dialog 1.1-20080316-1 -> 1.1-20080819-1
[UPGRADE] dictionaries-common 0.98.12 -> 0.98.16
[UPGRADE] dvd+rw-tools 7.1-3 -> 7.1-4
[UPGRADE] elinks 0.11.4-3 -> 0.12~pre2.dfsg0-1
[UPGRADE] elinks-data 0.11.4-3 -> 0.12~pre2.dfsg0-1
[UPGRADE] eterm 0.9.5-1 -> 0.9.5-2
[UPGRADE] evince 2.22.2-4~lenny1 -> 2.22.2-4
[UPGRADE] fastjar 2:0.95-4 -> 2:0.97-3
[UPGRADE] feh 1.3.4.dfsg.1-1 -> 1.3.4.dfsg.1-3
[UPGRADE] file 4.26-1 -> 4.26-2
[UPGRADE] fluxbox 1.0.0+deb1-8 -> 1.1.1-1
[UPGRADE] foomatic-gui 0.7.9.1 -> 0.7.9.2
[UPGRADE] g++-4.3 4.3.2-1.1 -> 4.3.3-3
[UPGRADE] gcc-4.3 4.3.2-1.1 -> 4.3.3-3
[UPGRADE] gcc-4.3-base 4.3.2-1.1 -> 4.3.3-3
[UPGRADE] gdm 2.20.7-4 -> 2.20.7-5
[UPGRADE] gdm-themes 0.6.1 -> 0.6.2
[UPGRADE] gettext 0.17-4 -> 0.17-6
[UPGRADE] gettext-base 0.17-4 -> 0.17-6
[UPGRADE] ghostscript 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny0 -> 8.63.dfsg.1-2
[UPGRADE] ghostscript-x 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny0 -> 8.63.dfsg.1-2
[UPGRADE] gnome-netstatus-applet 2.12.1-2 -> 2.12.2-1
[UPGRADE] gparted 0.3.8-1+b1 -> 0.3.9-3
[UPGRADE] gpicview 0.1.9-4+lenny1 -> 0.1.11-1
[UPGRADE] gs-common 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny0 -> 8.63.dfsg.1-2
[UPGRADE] gs-esp 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny0 -> 8.63.dfsg.1-2
[UPGRADE] gsfonts 1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre44-3 -> 1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre44-4
[UPGRADE] gstreamer0.10-esd 0.10.8-4.1~lenny1 -> 0.10.8-4.1
[UPGRADE] gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.8-4.1~lenny1 -> 0.10.8-4.1
[UPGRADE] hal-info 20080508+git20080601-1 -> 20081219-1
[UPGRADE] hardinfo 0.4.2.3-4 -> 0.4.2.3-5
[UPGRADE] iftop 0.17-8 -> 0.17-10
[UPGRADE] imagemagick 7:6.3.7.9.dfsg1-3~lenny1 -> 7:6.3.7.9.dfsg1-3
[UPGRADE] inkscape 0.46-2.lenny2 -> 0.46-5
[UPGRADE] iso-codes 3.5.1-1 -> 3.6-1
[UPGRADE] laptop-detect 0.13.6 -> 0.13.7
[UPGRADE] latex-beamer 3.07-1 -> 3.07-1.1
[UPGRADE] libarts1-akode 4:3.5.9-2 -> 4:3.5.9-3
[UPGRADE] libarts1c2a 1.5.9-2 -> 1.5.9-2+b1
[UPGRADE] libartsc0 1.5.9-2 -> 1.5.9-2+b1
[UPGRADE] libartsc0-dev 1.5.9-2 -> 1.5.9-2+b1
[UPGRADE] libavahi-client3 0.6.23-3lenny1 -> 0.6.23-4
[UPGRADE] libavahi-common-data 0.6.23-3lenny1 -> 0.6.23-4
[UPGRADE] libavahi-common3 0.6.23-3lenny1 -> 0.6.23-4
[UPGRADE] libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 0.6.23-3lenny1 -> 0.6.23-4
[UPGRADE] libavahi-core5 0.6.23-3lenny1 -> 0.6.23-4
[UPGRADE] libavahi-glib1 0.6.23-3lenny1 -> 0.6.23-4
[UPGRADE] libavahi-gobject0 0.6.23-3lenny1 -> 0.6.23-4
[UPGRADE] libavahi-qt3-1 0.6.23-3lenny1 -> 0.6.23-4
[UPGRADE] libboost-regex1.34.1 1.34.1-14 -> 1.34.1-15
[UPGRADE] libboost-signals1.34.1 1.34.1-14 -> 1.34.1-15
[UPGRADE] libcaca-dev 0.99.beta14-1 -> 0.99.beta16-1
[UPGRADE] libcaca0 0.99.beta14-1 -> 0.99.beta16-1
[UPGRADE] libcairo-perl 1.060-1 -> 1.060-2
[UPGRADE] libcairomm-1.0-1 1.6.0-1 -> 1.6.4-1
[UPGRADE] libcompress-raw-zlib-perl 2.012-1 -> 2.015-1
[UPGRADE] libcompress-zlib-perl 2.012-1 -> 2.015-1
[UPGRADE] libcucul-dev 0.99.beta14-1 -> 0.99.beta16-1
[UPGRADE] libcucul0 0.99.beta14-1 -> 0.99.beta16-1
[UPGRADE] libcurses-perl 1.23-1+b1 -> 1.27-1
[UPGRADE] libcurses-ui-perl 0.9605-1 -> 0.9607-1
[UPGRADE] libdaemon0 0.12-2lenny1 -> 0.13-2
[UPGRADE] libdb4.3 4.3.29-11 -> 4.3.29-12
[UPGRADE] libdb4.4 4.4.20-11 -> 4.4.20-12
[UPGRADE] libdb4.6 4.6.21-11 -> 4.6.21-13
[UPGRADE] libdjvulibre21 3.5.20-8+lenny1 -> 3.5.21-3
[UPGRADE] libept0 0.5.22 -> 0.5.26
[UPGRADE] libexempi3 2.0.1-1 -> 2.0.2-2
[UPGRADE] libgc1c2 1:6.8-1.1 -> 1:6.8-1.2
[UPGRADE] libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1.1 -> 1:4.3.3-3
[UPGRADE] libgcrypt11 1.4.1-1 -> 1.4.1-2
[UPGRADE] libgdbm3 1.8.3-3 -> 1.8.3-4
[UPGRADE] libgfortran3 4.3.2-1.1 -> 4.3.3-3
[UPGRADE] libgii1 1:1.0.2-2 -> 1:1.0.2-4
[UPGRADE] libgii1-target-x 1:1.0.2-2 -> 1:1.0.2-4
[UPGRADE] libgksu1.2-0 1.3.8-1 -> 1.3.8-2
[UPGRADE] libgksuui1.0-1 1.0.7-2 -> 1.0.7-3
[UPGRADE] libglade2-0 1:2.6.2-1 -> 1:2.6.3-1
[UPGRADE] libgnome2-0 2.20.1.1-1 -> 2.20.1.1-2
[UPGRADE] libgnome2-canvas-perl 1.002-1+b2 -> 1.002-2
[UPGRADE] libgnome2-common 2.20.1.1-1 -> 2.20.1.1-2
[UPGRADE] libgnomekbd-common 2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.0-2
[UPGRADE] libgnomekbd2 2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.0-2
[UPGRADE] libgnomekbdui2 2.22.0-1 -> 2.22.0-2
[UPGRADE] libgomp1 4.3.2-1.1 -> 4.3.3-3
[UPGRADE] libgpgme11 1.1.6-2 -> 1.1.8-2
[UPGRADE] libgpod3 0.6.0-6 -> 0.6.0-7
[UPGRADE] libgs8 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny0 -> 8.63.dfsg.1-2
[UPGRADE] libgsf-1-114 1.14.8-1lenny2 -> 1.14.11-2
[UPGRADE] libgsf-1-common 1.14.8-1lenny2 -> 1.14.11-2
[UPGRADE] libgtksourceview-common 1.8.5-1 -> 1.8.5-2
[UPGRADE] libgtksourceview1.0-0 1.8.5-1 -> 1.8.5-2
[UPGRADE] libgtkspell0 2.0.13-1+b1 -> 2.0.13-2
[UPGRADE] libhsqldb-java 1.8.0.9-3 -> 1.8.0.10-1
[UPGRADE] libidn11 1.8+20080606-1 -> 1.10-3
[UPGRADE] libijs-0.35 0.35-3 -> 0.35-6
[UPGRADE] libimlib2 1.4.0-1.2 -> 1.4.2-4
[UPGRADE] libio-compress-base-perl 2.012-1 -> 2.015-1
[UPGRADE] libio-compress-zlib-perl 2.012-1 -> 2.015-1
[UPGRADE] libjack0 0.109.2-5 -> 0.116.1-3
[UPGRADE] libkeyutils1 1.2-9 -> 1.2-10
[UPGRADE] libkrb53 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-5 -> 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-6
[UPGRADE] liblapack3gf 3.1.1-1 -> 3.1.1-6
[UPGRADE] libmagic1 4.26-1 -> 4.26-2
[UPGRADE] libmagick++10 7:6.3.7.9.dfsg1-3~lenny1 -> 7:6.3.7.9.dfsg1-3
[UPGRADE] libmagick10 7:6.3.7.9.dfsg1-3~lenny1 -> 7:6.3.7.9.dfsg1-3
[UPGRADE] libmail-sendmail-perl 0.79-5 -> 0.79.16-1
[UPGRADE] libmailtools-perl 2.03-1 -> 2.04-1
[UPGRADE] libmodplug0c2 1:0.8.4-1 -> 1:0.8.4-3
[UPGRADE] libmpfr1ldbl 2.3.1.dfsg.1-2 -> 2.3.2.dfsg.1-1
[UPGRADE] libnfsidmap2 0.20-1 -> 0.21-2
[UPGRADE] libnss3-1d 3.12.0-5 -> 3.12.2.with.ckbi.1.73-1
[UPGRADE] liborbit2 1:2.14.13-0.1 -> 1:2.14.16-0.1
[UPGRADE] libqt4-assistant 4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2
[UPGRADE] libqt4-core 4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2
[UPGRADE] libqt4-dbus 4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2
[UPGRADE] libqt4-designer 4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2
[UPGRADE] libqt4-gui 4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2
[UPGRADE] libqt4-help 4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2
[UPGRADE] libqt4-network 4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2
[UPGRADE] libqt4-opengl 4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2
[UPGRADE] libqt4-qt3support 4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2
[UPGRADE] libqt4-script 4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2
[UPGRADE] libqt4-sql 4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2
[UPGRADE] libqt4-sql-mysql 4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2
[UPGRADE] libqt4-svg 4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2
[UPGRADE] libqt4-test 4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2
[UPGRADE] libqt4-webkit 4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2
[UPGRADE] libqt4-xml 4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2
[UPGRADE] libqt4-xmlpatterns 4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2
[UPGRADE] libqtcore4 4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2
[UPGRADE] libqtgui4 4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2
[UPGRADE] librsvg2-2 2.22.2-2lenny1 -> 2.22.2-4
[UPGRADE] librsvg2-common 2.22.2-2lenny1 -> 2.22.2-4
[UPGRADE] libsensors3 1:2.10.7-1 -> 1:2.10.8-1
[UPGRADE] libsox-fmt-alsa 14.0.1-2+b1 -> 14.2.0-1
[UPGRADE] libsox-fmt-base 14.0.1-2+b1 -> 14.2.0-1
[UPGRADE] libspectre1 0.2.0.ds-1 -> 0.2.2.ds-1+b1
[UPGRADE] libstdc++6 4.3.2-1.1 -> 4.3.3-3
[UPGRADE] libstdc++6-4.3-dev 4.3.2-1.1 -> 4.3.3-3
[UPGRADE] libsuitesparse-3.1.0 3.1.0-3 -> 1:3.1.0-3.1
[UPGRADE] libtasn1-3 1.4-1 -> 1.5-1
[UPGRADE] libtasn1-3-bin 1.4-1 -> 1.5-1
[UPGRADE] libtidy-0.99-0 20080116cvs-2 -> 20081224cvs-1
[UPGRADE] liburi-perl 1.35.dfsg.1-1 -> 1.37+dfsg-1
[UPGRADE] libwpg-0.1-1 0.1.2-1 -> 0.1.3-1
[UPGRADE] libwww-perl 5.813-1 -> 5.820-1
[UPGRADE] libxml-twig-perl 1:3.32-1 -> 1:3.32-2
[UPGRADE] logrotate 3.7.1-5 -> 3.7.7-3
[UPGRADE] lynx 2.8.7dev9-2.1 -> 2.8.7dev13-1
[UPGRADE] lynx-cur 2.8.7dev9-2.1 -> 2.8.7dev13-1
[UPGRADE] lyx 1.5.5-1 -> 1.6.1-1
[UPGRADE] lyx-common 1.5.5-1 -> 1.6.1-1
[UPGRADE] mailx 1:20071201-3 -> 1:20081101-2
[UPGRADE] manpages 3.05-1 -> 3.17-1
[UPGRADE] mawk 1.3.3-11.1 -> 1.3.3-14
[UPGRADE] mpack 1.6-5 -> 1.6-6
[UPGRADE] mtr-tiny 0.73-1 -> 0.75-2
[UPGRADE] myspell-en-us 1:2.4.0-3 -> 1:2.4.0-4
[UPGRADE] nfs-common 1:1.1.2-6lenny1 -> 1:1.1.4-1
[UPGRADE] nitrogen 1.3-1 -> 1.4-1
[UPGRADE] nmap 4.62-1 -> 4.68-1
[UPGRADE] openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-us 1:2.4.0-3 -> 1:2.4.0-4
[UPGRADE] patchutils 0.2.31-4 -> 0.3.1-1
[UPGRADE] perlmagick 7:6.3.7.9.dfsg1-3~lenny1 -> 7:6.3.7.9.dfsg1-3
[UPGRADE] pidentd 3.0.19.ds1-4 -> 3.0.19.ds1-5
[UPGRADE] printconf 0.7.9.1 -> 0.7.9.2
[UPGRADE] python-apt 0.7.7.1+nmu1 -> 0.7.8
[UPGRADE] python-dbus 0.82.4-2 -> 0.83.0-1
[UPGRADE] python-foomatic 0.7.9.1 -> 0.7.9.2
[UPGRADE] python-reportlab 2.1dfsg-2 -> 2.2-2
[UPGRADE] python-support 0.8.4 -> 0.8.7
[UPGRADE] qt4-qtconfig 4.4.3-1 -> 4.4.3-2
[UPGRADE] rcconf 1.21 -> 2.0
[UPGRADE] resolvconf 1.42 -> 1.43
[UPGRADE] sed 4.1.5-6 -> 4.1.5-8
[UPGRADE] sox 14.0.1-2+b1 -> 14.2.0-1
[UPGRADE] synaptic 0.62.1+nmu1 -> 0.62.5
[UPGRADE] sysstat 8.1.2-2 -> 8.1.8-1
[UPGRADE] terminator 0.9-1.1 -> 0.12-1
[UPGRADE] texmaker 1.7.1-2 -> 1.8-1
[UPGRADE] tidy 20080116cvs-2 -> 20081224cvs-1
[UPGRADE] traceroute 2.0.11-2 -> 2.0.12-1
[UPGRADE] tzdata 2008h-2 -> 2008i-3
[UPGRADE] unattended-upgrades 0.25.1debian1-0.1 -> 0.37debian1
[UPGRADE] unrar 1:3.8.2-1 -> 1:3.8.5-1
[UPGRADE] vbetool 1.0-3 -> 1.1-2
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[UPGRADE] xarchiver 0.4.6-8 -> 0.5.2+dfsg-2
[UPGRADE] xkb-data 1.3-2 -> 1.5-2
[UPGRADE] xterm 235-2 -> 241-1
[UPGRADE] xutils-dev 1:7.4+3 -> 1:7.4+4
[UPGRADE] zenmap 4.62-1 -> 4.68-1

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You suck at English

Anonymous (not verified) | February 17, 2009 - 1 year 23 weeks

You suck at English

Unfortunately that is true,

ggarron | February 17, 2009 - 1 year 23 weeks

Unfortunately that is true, English is not my native tongue, I will do my best to improve it.
sorry

Guillermo Garron

Your ever so slightly

geordie (not verified) | February 28, 2009 - 1 year 21 weeks

Your ever so slightly strange English is actually better than most of the sort of idiots who will tell you that it 'sucks'. I betcha they can't speak your language.

Thank you very much for your

ggarron | February 28, 2009 - 1 year 21 weeks

Thank you very much for your kind words

Guillermo Garron

English aside (some just

Fr33d0m (not verified) | February 17, 2009 - 1 year 23 weeks

English aside (some just don't realize how many non English-speaking folks there are in the world), I had hoped your post had more information about your Squeeze experience such as what worked and what didn't.

Sorry I have not included

ggarron | February 17, 2009 - 1 year 23 weeks

Sorry
I have not included that, but it is because everything worked,and that is because Squeeze is almost Lenny by now, it will start to grow from Lenny as time goes on.

You can check the package versions at http://www.distrowatch.com and you will see they are almost the same now.

I will let you know how this evolve as Squeeze starts to add new software and new versions of the existing software, but considering my previous experience it will work as Debian use to work.

Guillermo Garron

no te preoccupes hombre de

Canadiense (not verified) | February 18, 2009 - 1 year 23 weeks

no te preoccupes hombre de tu ingles
es increible como hay gente que no tiene maneras
tu blog me informa y eso es lo mas importante

I am sure Anonymous would suck a lot more in Spanish than you do in English
Keep up the good work with your blog

Thank you very much Mr.

ggarron | February 18, 2009 - 1 year 23 weeks

Thank you very much Mr. Canadian

It is because of people like you and the 1800+ readers on this blog, that I like to write on it, :), anyway I keep reading and learning English.

BTW, I love Toronto, great city!

Guillermo Garron

Buenas tardes Guillermo,

Algol (not verified) | February 23, 2009 - 1 year 22 weeks

Buenas tardes Guillermo,

This is an excellent blog. I read it religiously. It's very informative and I look forward to new posts all the time. Your English isn't as bad as the Anonymous user wants you to believe so pay them no mind.

Thank you very much for everything.

- Algol (Debian GNU/Linux User)

Thank you very much, I am

ggarron | February 23, 2009 - 1 year 22 weeks

Thank you very much, I am really happy to hear you enjoy reading the blog

best regards and thanks for your kind words

Guillermo Garron

Running Debian Squeeze

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You suck at English

Unfortunately that is true,

Your ever so slightly

Thank you very much for your

English aside (some just

Sorry I have not included

no te preoccupes hombre de

Thank you very much Mr.

Buenas tardes Guillermo,

Thank you very much, I am

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