I'll let Hamish answer the question on the difference between stable, testing & unstable.
Instead of Galeon, why not try Mozilla Firefox (fast & stable web browser) and Thunderbird (fast & stable email client). At least take a look at them at
In any Linux distro you might find yourself having to compile a program and upgrade libraries to insure that you have the bleeding edge. That's what the gmfsk-hkj mods are all about. You can download the gmfsk.deb file but that would not have any of the hkj mods installed. The same is true for other apps that you might want to try. Now the good news is that Linux allows you to have multiple versions of libraries installed and accessible by various apps that need different versions. Windows claims to have that ability with DLLs under XP, but I still ran into conflicts. Never have a conflict under Linux. You might have to do a little systems admin to get everything playing together, but no app will throw sand at another app and overwrite its libraries! For example I have three different rev levels for the Fast Light Took Kit (no, make that four) installed and I can compile against any without fear of breaking my code because a different one is present.
Stick with Debian for a while Kevin. It will grow on you. I upgrade all of my installed files that are in the deb database on a weekly basis. Takes about 1-3 minutes, including download and install. All of the conflicts are resolved by the wget process. Hamish maintains the gmfsk deb files (maybe a few more?) He gets paid all of those big bucks to make sure that our systems don't go down the tubes.
By the way, Thanks a million Hamish. I just dont have that much to send your way :-) .
Dave (hkj)
