How to install Debian Testing... and why you might not want to

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Debian Testing is a great way to try out Debian and provide feedback to the project! But it's not a rolling release Linux distro, even though some successfully use it like one. In today's video, I'll show you how to try out Debian Testing for yourself, but then I'll tell you why you might want to think twice before making it your everyday distro. Significant links mentioned in the video: 💿 Debian's development installer (which currently installs Testing): https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ 👷 Debian Wiki's Testing page (includes instructions): https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTesting 🐞 Debian Wiki's page on the Bug Tracker: https://wiki.debian.org/BTS ❓ Debian's manual's "choosing a Debian distribution" page: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/choosing.en.html ♻️ Debian's manual's "lifecycle of a release" page: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/sect.release-lifecycle.en.html 🦖 Trixie freeze dates: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/01/msg00004.html 👩🏻‍💻 Debian's "developers' corner" page about testing: https://www.debian.org/devel/testing.en.html 🎸 Oh yeah! It's Tangara Time over on @VeronicaExplainsNothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb7vKCfsGeE This video has no sponsors except for my channel's Patrons and Ko-Fi members. 🅿️ Patreon: https://patreon.com/VeronicaExplains ☕ Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/VeronicaExplains You can also subscribe to my videos with RSS and ditch the algorithm altogether. 📰 RSS: https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCMiyV_Ib77XLpzHPQH_q0qQ And I self-host a merch store where you can buy my nerdy t-shirts. 👚 Today's shirt: https://vkc.sh/product-tag/test-your-backups/ Chapters: 0:00 Trying Debian Testing the easy way (via an ISO) 1:30 Trying Debian Testing the hard way (via apt) 6:35 Why I say that Debian Testing isn't for everyone 10:27 Who would use boring old Debian anyway? #linux #debian #homelab