[newbie] should I upgrade?
Hi, just a question born of idle curiosity, and the fact that I just read that 9.1 came with LinNeighborhood already in it [and I've had no luck getting Samba to do anything...] : I'm on 9.0 now; should I upgrade to 9.1? What are the steps involved? And are there any gotcha's, like possibly screwing up my mail or bookmarks or saved docs etc? TIA :) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] should I upgrade?
Merlin Zener wrote: Hi, just a question born of idle curiosity, and the fact that I just read that 9.1 came with LinNeighborhood already in it [and I've had no luck getting Samba to do anything...] : I'm on 9.0 now; should I upgrade to 9.1? What are the steps involved? And are there any gotcha's, like possibly screwing up my mail or bookmarks or saved docs etc? TIA :) Wait unitl 9.2 comes out. Upgarde from 9.0 to 9.1 was painless for me, though installing proprietary drivers (e.g. nVidia) can screw things up. As for samba, have you tried Swat? Sir Robin -- I can say: 'Thank these bees for their honey as though they were kind people who have prepared it for you'; that is intelligible and describes how I should like you to conduct yourself. But I cannot say: 'Thank them because, look, how kind they are!'--since the next moment they may sting you. - Wittgenstein Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] should I upgrade?
On Monday 29 September 2003 05:05 pm, Merlin Zener wrote: Hi, just a question born of idle curiosity, and the fact that I just read that 9.1 came with LinNeighborhood already in it [and I've had no luck getting Samba to do anything...] : I'm on 9.0 now; should I upgrade to 9.1? What are the steps involved? And are there any gotcha's, like possibly screwing up my mail or bookmarks or saved docs etc? TIA :) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Merlin: Short story: I built a new system in late May -- Asus A7V8X-X, AMD XP2500+, NVidia card, more and better RAM. 9.0 was not happy. Luckily, my 9.1 CD's showed up. I did a full Install, but I told the installer to keep the old /home. After some minor tweaking, it ran like a champ. Conclusion: If you're running the hardware that postdates 9.0, upgrading _could_ be the answer. Or not. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Should I upgrade some or all?
I'm using Mandrake 9.0, still very much a newbie, feeling my way round gently, getting used to the Linux way of doing things after many years of software from the company whose name shall not be mentioned! I'd like to use newer versions of OpenOffice and Mozilla. In your opinion, which would be easier for a very inexperienced newbie - keep the Mandrake 9.0 that I'm (almost) used to and just upgrade Mozilla and OpenOffice, or upgrade to Mandrake 9.1 as a new instal with the newer Moz and OO included? Margot Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Should I upgrade some or all?
Margot wrote: I'm using Mandrake 9.0, still very much a newbie, feeling my way round gently, getting used to the Linux way of doing things after many years of software from the company whose name shall not be mentioned! I'd like to use newer versions of OpenOffice and Mozilla. In your opinion, which would be easier for a very inexperienced newbie - keep the Mandrake 9.0 that I'm (almost) used to and just upgrade Mozilla and OpenOffice, or upgrade to Mandrake 9.1 as a new instal with the newer Moz and OO included? Don't know about OO, but as far as Mozilla is concerned, I wouldn't let that be a determining factor. Mozilla development moves pretty fast, and any Linux release is inevitably behind. Just go to the Mozilla site and download what you want. Personally, I like the new separated single-purpose browser (Firebird) and email client (Thunderbird). Margot Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Guy Rouillier Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Should I upgrade some or all?
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 17:39, Margot wrote:
I'm using Mandrake 9.0, still very much a newbie, feeling my way round
gently, getting used to the Linux way of doing things after many years
of software from the company whose name shall not be mentioned!
I'd like to use newer versions of OpenOffice and Mozilla.
In your opinion, which would be easier for a very inexperienced newbie -
keep the Mandrake 9.0 that I'm (almost) used to and just upgrade
Mozilla and OpenOffice, or upgrade to Mandrake 9.1 as a new instal with
the newer Moz and OO included?
Margot
Kinda depends on your hard drive space, time, and Internet connection
bandwidth/wallet depth, Ability to burn CDrom.
SO I have a cable modem, and can download and burn a cdrom, or can
afford to go to BestBuy and buy the newer version. Slam Dunk Easiest
thing is to download the ISO image and Burn the GPL version, put in the
first CDrom away you go, and if you have backed up everything in /home
and-or /home is a partition and not a directory under / , then a
complete install, wiping what ever partitions you intend to use
('cepting /home) and formating them with a journaling file system
(Reiser, good choice IMHO) and spending the time to pick the programs
you want installed, then changing the CD a few times, and you not only
got the latest and greatest GPL has to offer, you are coool.
Go for ALL, if you can.
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Re: [newbie] Should I upgrade some or all?
Mozilla and OpenOffice, or upgrade to Mandrake 9.1 as a new instal with the newer Moz and OO included? On this note a more general question comes to my mind as something I would like to tag onto this thread. Can't you just upgrade to 9.1 without a new install (by new install I assume you mean a reformat of all your hard drives and start totally from scratch)? If not when 9.2 comes out I'm not getting it after all the time I spent getting 9.1 to the spec I wanted! Garrr! John -- We can never see past the choices we don't understand MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 92791912 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[newbie] Should I upgrade to Mandrake 9.0 RC2 or wait a week for the final?
I'm currently running Mandrake 9.0 RC1, after starting with 8.1 and then downloading/installing 8.2. How 'bleeding edge' is RC2 compared to RC1? What advantages do I gain from changing now as opposed to a week from now? I'm looking at it currently from a perspective of, Eh, wot, I'm burning 3 CDs a week at the current rate, maybe I'll just have a wait. What am I overlooking? :-) Thanks, Larry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Should I upgrade to Mandrake 9.0 RC2 or wait a week for the final?
On Tuesday September 10 2002 12:08 pm, Larry Theden wrote: I'm currently running Mandrake 9.0 RC1, after starting with 8.1 and then downloading/installing 8.2. How 'bleeding edge' is RC2 compared to RC1? What advantages do I gain from changing now as opposed to a week from now? I'm looking at it currently from a perspective of, Eh, wot, I'm burning 3 CDs a week at the current rate, maybe I'll just have a wait. What am I overlooking? :-) There's been a ton of updated packages since RC1. Many updates (eg, XFree86 Version 4.2.1, coupl'a newer kernels), many bugfixes (mostly kde, gnome), lot'sa 'base system' and drak* tools fixes/updates. Unfortunately there's been more fixes/updates since RC2. More than I thought there'd be so close to release. I'd say if you're not havin problems, wait for the Final. Or, if you have a high speed connection, use 'urpmi' or rpmdrake to update to current cooker. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
