Hello
I've just installed the new 64bit gaming edition. I've used various buntus for about 5 years, this is my first dip into Debian
Noticed compiz isn't in synaptic. Do I need to do something to enable non-free? Is there an idiots guide somewhere along the lines of "things to do after installing debian"?
Am I correct that this is a rolling edition, do I need to update regularly? Is this stable or testing?
Is there a list of extra repositaries I can safely add?
One final question...Steam is working fine....but it does give an error message when it starts telling me it's not the latest version, then I have to press enter but all seems fine. I don't get this as I can see steam repo is enabled in synaptic
Many thanks
Testing, and this is not during a freeze.
Testing is not as rocky a boat as unstable-sid, but command line might be very useful one day for you
First check your /etc/apt/sources.list to see if contrib and non-free are present. aptitude search comiz for me yields nothing. Use search engines for the rest of the compiz story.
I do not know how you define regularly for an upgrade. You will need to dist-upgrade (as in apt-get dist-upgrade or use sparky's aptus "Upgrade the system" or aptitude) at least once a week. Your residence now is where the ubuntu alpha and betas and release candidates come from.
Repos - check out /etc/apt/sources.list.d files.
To be bluntly honest, there is no easier way to totally fubar your system than to be adding a bunch of repositories, especially ubuntu ones. Hang out in #debian-next or search "Don't Break Debian" You are 5 days away from Sid. If you cannot get it via a .deb and really need it, learn to compile from source.
Steam, I do not know much about.
Read the Testing section of the Debian Wiki, much more will be revealed. Say good-bye to backports. Enjoy Sparky.