# The staging Mobian distro

DevFeed: [The staging Mobian distro](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-staging-mobian-distro-34217.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.mobian.org/posts/2021/03/15/unstable-distro/>)

Author: Mobian team

Published: 2021-03-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Mobian's Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mobian-s-blog.md>)

Topics: [Debian](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debian.md>), [apt](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/apt.md>)

Tags: [apt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apt.md>), [debian](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debian.md>), [distro](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distro.md>), [packages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/packages.md>), [repository](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/repository.md>), [stable](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/stable.md>), [staging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/staging.md>), [switching](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/switching.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains Mobian staging, a newer Mobian package repository layered over Debian bullseye. It describes how to switch to the staging repository and distinguish packages from Mobian and Debian.

## Source excerpt

Most of us just want their phone to be working. But some like to be more on the edge of things, trying out the newest bugsfeatures. The recently announced staging distribution allows users to do just that. Read further to learn its purpose and how to enable it. Mobian is an overlay over the regular Debian bullseye repository. Its package source is configured in /etc/apt/sources.list with a single line: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main. 1 Currently the (relatively) stable Mobian overlay is configured in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mobian.list containing the following: deb http://repo.mobian.org/ bullseye main non-free If you had flashed your device with an image older than April 26th, 2021, you may have a file named /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extrepo_mobian.sources instead, containing the following: Types: deb Architectures: amd64 arm64 armhf Uris: http://repo.mobian.org/ Suites: mobian Components: main non-free Signed-By: /var/lib/extrepo/keys/mobian.asc Recently we introduced Mobian staging, in which we include packages that are pretty new and/or might need a bit more testing. Mobian staging is a full Mobian repository, so it includes everything that the "normal" repository includes and a bit more (and some packages a bit newer). By switching to it, you agree to name your firstborn Debian and to never eat cookies again after 3pm! So think twice before you do it! The easiest way you can switch to using this repository is by simply changing the word bullseye to staging in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mobian.list, or the line Suites: mobian to Suites: staging in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extrepo_mobian.sources. This way, you will be getting all your Mobian packages from https://repo.mobian.org/dists/staging instead of https://repo.mobian.org/dists/mobian. Some of the packages you install will be from the staging Mobian repo and most will be coming directly and unmodified from one of the Debian mirrors. How do I find out if a package comes from Debian or Mobian? Great