Jason wrote: > I am a bit embarrassed to say I am using Mandrake 7.2, still with a > 2.2 kernel, on my secondary work laptop
I hear you, Brother! My primary laptop is stuck at Mandrake 7.1. Kernel 2.2.19, KDE 1.1.2. Can't seem to reach escape velocity to upgrade it. It's easier to upgrade a desktop PC -- build the new system on a spare disk (or even a spare box), and keep the old disk around as secondary for a few months until you're sure you're done with it. You can't do that on a laptop. Laptops only have one drive, and it's never big enough for extra copies. I can't afford to have the laptop down or partially nonfunctional for an unknown duration, so I haven't upgraded it since 7.1. Of course, that means my laptop, which gets plugged into all sorts of networks in all sorts of unsecure environments, is the one machine I have that isn't up to date on security patches. Sigh... I'll probably buy a new laptop in another year, and the old one will be Mandrake 7.1 forevermore. -- Bob Miller K<bob> kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
