To "apt-get update" or not?, that is the question

[mzilikazi]

I have done a hd-install of Knoppix v3.4 and everything is working just fine (in fact just perfectly), and I was wondering whether I should do an apt-get update periodically to keep things upto date.

Since v3.4 is based upon Sid, which is unstable, isn't it potentially very dangerous to update (being a beginner)?

After all, if it isn't broke, why try to fix it?

What are the advantages/disadvantages of updating periodically?

Thanks


Tim

You absolutely have to do apt-get update or apt won't work.
I think what you meant is apt-get upgrade and yes do it. You can however edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and change /etc/apt/apt.conf and decicde what you'd like to upgrade to.