On Sunday 24 March 2002 10:51 am, Robin Turner wrote: > On Sunday 24 March 2002 17:34, Tim Holmes wrote: > > But now I have a question. Why did you upgrade to 8.2? If 8.1 was > > working, and you weren't having any problems, why did you upgrade > > to 8.2? > > > > It seems a lot of people think that as soon a new revision comes > > out, they have to upgrade to the new rev. That's not the case. In > > previous revs that was needed. There was a good sized jump in > > kernel capabilities and hardware additions from 7.2 to 8.0. So > > there was a need to upgrade there. But from 8.1, to 8.2, I don't > > believe there is. > > > > I've noticed, more so this time then with the last two Mandrake > > revs, that people are upgrading merely because there's a new > > version. Micro$HAFT has conditioned people to think that a new > > version is out, and you have to upgrade. This is not the case with > > Linux. > > > > If you keep your apps and patches up to date, there's no need to > > upgrade. There are still people on the list that run on Mandrake > > 7.2. In my opinion it's still the most stable of Mandrake's > > releases. If you upgrade the kernel and apply safty patches and > > the like, there's still no need to upgrade. At the time I only > > went to 8.0 because of better hardware support. > > Point taken (and I agree that 7.2 was a damn fine distro). Of > course, if you take the trouble to upgrade your apps (and the > necessary libraries) and choose the best kernel for them (not always > the latest!) then you have no pressing reason to upgrade. OTOH, once > you do that, you are in effect creating your own Linux system anyway. > I usually upgrade my most-used apps to the point that I start > getting serious conflicts, then upgrade the whole distro. It's just > easier that way. I'd rather spend an hour upgrading my whole system > than spend weeks tinkering with it. > > As for the analogy with Microsoft upgrades, I think if there's one > thing MS taught me, it was _not_ to upgrade! Apart from my Linux > box, the machines in my office run MS Office 97 on Win 98SE, except > for one which is still on Win95 (in fact the upgrades to 98SE weren't > my idea - they came when we had a hardware upgrade). > > Robin
-- Sport.................Some play football..............some upgrade 8.2 seems faster on my box, but my car runs better after a wash, too Lee Registered Linux abuser #223705
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