Mostly because of the number of updates necessary, kernels glibc etc etc..
7.2 is a no go because I don't want to have to compile all the latest apps, and they are not available as rpm's (Postfix, Bind, Samba etc.) Also, I like Stateful inspection, so IPTABLES and 2.4.x is the go. 8.0, 8.1 is a no go because of the number of updates required, the inefficiency of the kernels with regards to swap, and no decent supermount. (not really matter for this dialup box though.) Some of these boxes have limitations hardware wise, so the more effeciant use of the resources the better.) 8.2 I like, but have had some issues with rpmdrake and a few other things, and again, it needs a kernel update, glibc and a ton of other stuff now.. takes too much time, I have practially no time as it is.. (supposed to have the first box back on the network in about 6 hours.) basically I'd like a clean slate, and take it from there. I loved 7.2, best distro I ever tried and still unbeaten. (in fact the vast majority of box's I will be upgrading are 7.2 boxes, one of them has an uptime of nearly a year.. (would be longer but I upgraded the kernel.) I need to get these boxes up fast, and that means that as much as I'd prefer to compile kernels and all the apps I need, it just takes to long.. If 9 beta 4 only has minor issues, and since its the 4th beta, I am guessing thats the case, then I can work around it, Only two of the servers will get the beta, the rest can wait for the final release, (maybe even a month or so after) And the two boxes are just going to be low bandwidth routers/mailservers and stuff like that. Look at it this way, if it causes hassles, I'll wipe them and put the 9 full release on. I don't expect any major problems though. rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: Mark Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 27 August 2002 4:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mdk9.0 beta 4. Franki wrote: > Hi guys, > > Anyone had any experiance with this yet?? > > I am gonna load it on a server.. (usually dumb I know, but this is only an > apache server, so its doing nothing fancy.) if the kernel works, and apache > works, then I'm happy. > > I don't have time to wait for the 9.0 release, so I'll probably just sync it > later. > > Just thought I'd ask if anyone has tested apache on this thing.. I would > assume so, but figured it best to ask. or any other comments as well :-) > > > rgds > > Frank Frank, Why not use a version of Mandrake that has been in stable release for a while. 7.2, 8.1 and 8.2 come to mind in that order. Mark
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