apt-get update -- updates the package listings from your sources on your computer. ie, a new version of program x is out there, but until you apt-get update you don't know it exists.<BR><BR>apt ...

My notebook has been running Debian unstable for a few months now with no problems at all. <BR><BR>I recentley did an update to get a newer version of some stuff, apt attempted to <BR>update gftp ...