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Which Debian branch to use
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That's a clear answer, thanks! How long does the freeze period last? 6 months prior de next big release?
The freeze cycle normally lasts 6-8 months. (Edit: It has multiple stages, some of which might not affect you at all.)
One thing to be aware of if you choose Testing or Unstable: They're generally not covered by the Debian Security Team, so security fixes might not arrive as consistently as with Stable.
You could always just start with Stable and plan to migrate to Testing or Unstable if you ever have a need. Stable + Backports is a good middle ground for some people.
You can integrate
debsecanwithaptand pull security updates fromexperimentalandunstableas demonstrated here, linked and recommended here.The hope for freeze is 6 months, yes... but not all of that is "hard freeze". Some portion of that time just refers to freezing the toolchain and other essential internals, so in practice you're usually looking at maybe like 3-4 months where your most up-to-date software is being limited to being no newer than 3-4 months old. Which is, in almost all situations... fine ๐.
I see. In case of issues with new hardware, one can always pick Mesa/the Kernel from Experimental. That's the beauty of APT, you can mix different branches.