inthane-chan wrote:

I was trying to avoid the Testing branch until I was more confident in my Linux abilities, but it looks like I'm headed that way. Found this thread [link] on Google - looks pretty good, but I have *ZERO* clue how to implement yet.

The linked discussion describes the "pinning" feature implemented via a change to /etc/apt/apt.conf, extra lines for an additional development branch in /etc/apt/sources.list, and a modifier that you type on the apt-get command-line to specify that you want packages from the non-default branch. I include a summary of this technique in [link|http://linuxmafia.com/debian/tips|Debian Tips] file. Look for stuff about "pinning".

Rick Moen
rick@linuxmafia.com