On Tue, 14 May 2002 17:22:02 -0400 Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 13 May 2002 19:50:49 -0600 Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > a modern distribution based on 2.4, with > > > > > everything simply updated to newer stuff. > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > Isn't that what 3.1 was supposed to be? > > > > > > It was! but did not turn out that way. > > > > > > > My crumbly bain cells seem to remember that I liked 3.1 Beta > > pretty well, but about that time I discovered several other > > distros that worked equally well, so I never bellied up to the bar > > for 3.1 released version. > > > > I liked ws31 so well, that I bought a couple of packages. It's > nearly perfect in most reguards. As for ws311, I don't see enough in > it that requires me to purchase a copy. However, if Caldera was to > get off it's collective arse and release a 3.2 with much more > current apps... I'd would most definitely buy a few copies of them > too. >
To push what I said earlier, the key requirement (IMO) for any distro worth its $.02 is an upgrade path. Except for those boundary conditions like a major uncompatible glibc release, you should not need to buy a new release to get more current apps. Caldera should get off its collective arse and provide upgrade packages to keep you current. That service might even be worth paying a fee for the privilege of using it. Debian has such a feature, I believe RedHat has such a (chargable) feature, Mandrake has such a feature, Slackware has such a feature, and of course my favorite (the unmentionable distro in my signature) has such a feature. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD? gentoo(since 01/01/01) 2.4.19+(ext3) xfce-sylpheed-mozilla _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
