Congos!still on Debian Etch,follow me! use apt-pinning lenny,sid and experimental to use Debian Sid!it got latest packages gives Gnome-2.20 and latest packages of most s/w.compiz-fusion will work fine.u can get ubuntu upstart replacing sysVinit in Debian sid.then use the 3rd party repositories for multimedia.
gutsy will be facing a strong competition,if debian releases Sid CDs/DVDs.!
and if on etch,dont forget adding backports.org and few other repos in /etc/apt/sources.list.
and Sidux distro is there for Kde Debian users!
below is a PM i send to a new Etch user here as he asked:
ubuntuguide holds almost same for debian except the repositories.enable debian repositories for stable etch by editing /etc/apt/sources.list.then u have to configure 3rd party repositories.
refer and add the repo line from sites :
*www.backports.org/dokuwiki/do...d=instructions
*debian-unofficial.org
*www.debian-multimedia.org/
*www.rarewares.org/debian.php
remember i use apt-pinning and a little complex configuration of Debian Sid(unstable).so if ur using etch,just use backports as possible.
*linuxquestions.org debian section got most repositories and doubt clearances.there are other repositories for compiz-fusion,but may work or not with debian etch-u have to try.
# # If you get GPG errors with sources.list, locate the GPG key in this file
# # and run these commands (where KEY is replaced with that key)
# #
# # gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys KEY
# # gpg --export --armor KEY | apt-key add -