On Monday 02 June 2003 21:56, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 02 June 2003 02:30 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 13:32, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > > On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 12:52, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > > > Also, before you move to 9.1, I suggest you review your reasons for > > > > doing so. Are you looking for a more stable production environment > > > > or are you curious and just have alot of time to analyze 9.1. > > > > > > Are you saying 9.0 is more stable? > > > > Look, I'm in a real tough position here. First, I am and always have > > been a supporter of Mandrake. I think they (as an entity) have more > > potential than any other distro company I've seen; in general, history > > has shown that the features of the Mandrake distro are just ahead of the > > game, in nearly all respects. > > [...] > > > smaller apps with it to their doom. That's just today. I won't say > > that LM82 never failed me at all, but I will say that I have a very > > strong memory of LM82 being about as stable as the crust of the planet > > Mars. Plus, it was faster. > > Well, one pointed reason to upgrade from 8.2 is glibc. Everyone is > moving/has moved beyond glibc in 8.2. This means that most software being > produced today is not compatible with 8.2. > > As for stability, I found 9.0 to be a pain due to instability and problems > - all of which I hoped to see fixed in 9.1. Most are and I am happy with > the stability and usefulness of 9.1. > > rpmdrake...I rarely use the GUI interface. I am all for great GUIs and use > them for many things but a few things I just do not use GUIs for...rpm > installation or uninstalling is one of them. Since Redhat 5.0 I have used > and continue to use the CLI for rpms. That said, I did prefer the older > version of rpmdrake - everything was right there in one GUI. Now, you have > different GUIs depending on what you want to do. No likey. > > Speed. Well, on my desktop system I don't notice any problems, but on my > laptop, bootup is slower with 9.1 vs 8.2 but then, the kernel has changed > quite a bit since those "eldritch" days of yore with 8.2. I also run more > services - and KDE gets bigger and bigger with each iteration, but I like > the latest KDE vs that of 8.2 so I guess I'll suck it up. > > praedor
Just to be fair, one should compare 9.0 to 8.0 and 9.1 to 8.1. Doing that, 9.0 and 9.1 shine out IMHO. Just can't wait what 9.2 is going to be like:o) I just reinstalled 8.2 on a laptop......frankly: It looks and feels horribly primitive compared to 9.1--if it weren't for the speed issue (32M ram) I certainly wouldn't be doing it. To be realy honest: 7.2 gave me the most thrills at the time (compared to win95 or 98) on the same machines but don't even get close to what we're used to nowadays. So be it....The king is dead, long live the king! Good luck, HarM
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