Re: [newbie] should I upgrade?

2003-09-29 Thread Carroll Grigsby
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

Re: [newbie] should I upgrade?

2003-09-29 Thread robin
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

[newbie] should I upgrade?

2003-09-29 Thread Merlin Zener
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 scr

Re: [newbie] Should I upgrade some or all?

2003-07-10 Thread Inhabitant of Zion
> 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

Re: [newbie] Should I upgrade some or all?

2003-07-10 Thread ed tharp
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 Ope

Re: [newbie] Should I upgrade some or all?

2003-07-10 Thread Guy Rouillier
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,

[newbie] Should I upgrade some or all?

2003-07-10 Thread Margot
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

Re: [newbie] Should I upgrade to Mandrake 9.0 RC2 or wait a week for the final?

2002-09-10 Thread Tom Brinkman
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

[newbie] Should I upgrade to Mandrake 9.0 RC2 or wait a week for the final?

2002-09-10 Thread Larry Theden
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 burnin