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You are running [:DebianStable:Debian stable], because you prefer the stable Debian tree. It runs great, there is just one problem: the software is a little bit outdated compared to other distributions. That is where backports come in.

Backports are recompiled packages from [:DebianTesting:testing] (mostly) and [:DebianUnstable:unstable] (in a few cases only, e.g. security updates), so they will run without new libraries (wherever it is possible) on a stable Debian distribution. It is recommended to pick out single backports which fits your needs, and not to use all backports available.


Configure your Debian/Etch

Using Synaptic

   Configuration > Repository

Using sources.list

   deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ etch-backports main contrib non-free

Key

To finish configuration, install debian-backports-keyring

External links