Quote Originally Posted by firebyrd10

I believe that dpkg only installs programs, apt-get does the downloading.
Right. Forgot to note that distinction.


Quote Originally Posted by Cuddles
apt-get is, by far, the best way of getting packages, finding them, checking on new releases, searching for something, checking for dependencies, and even testing what they may break, but a front-end is not shabby either...
Not knocking front ends at all...I use one (Kpackage) a lot primarily as a package shopping guide.

But to get back to the original post,

Quote Originally Posted by RoyalMail
So after I've isntalled knoppix to HD, and looked around a bit, I see that the standard (stable) Debian version is Woody (3.something - now a year old) and the upcoming version is Sarge (AKA 'unstable') and there's a further version in the pipeline called Sid.

My LILO boot screen screams 'Sid' at me so I suppose a lot of the packages are from the development stream of Debian, rather than the stable stream.

If I want to move to a particular release of Debian (for stability reasons), which apt-get commands do I issue? And do I have to make changes in the apt/sources.list file to ensure I don't upgrade to something more bleeding edge? I don't like the idea of just running apt-get update and then apt-get upgrade; who knows what I'll be left with.
I think we've pretty well covered the subject. Upgrade individual packages to whatever you want, don't do a total upgrade and remember...if it works reliably for you, it is 'stable'. Don't get too hung up on trying to match a particular Debian version, it's YOUR system, not their's.