Hi, On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:44:50 +0100 Hartmut Meyer <.> wrote:
> > It's a shame, that on the opensuse list several of the oldie-related > > threads ended up with the answer "do update" :( > > There are hardly any scenarios where one could give any other advise but to > upgrade from an old/unsupported version to a newer/supported version. > > 9.1 might be "better" for you, but unless your system is not connected to any > network (including internet dialup) staying on an unsupported system simply > isn't a good idea. > I agree with you, but would add three extra points: while having few- several old systems even preparing updated/patched rpm packages for them is not so difficult and (e.g. for me) brings back the time invested. This could also happen without the help of SUSE/Novell; doesn't work in all situations, but valid alternative for most of the cases. That's like a homework ;) In the same time I think there is _noone_ having old SUSE releases and ha- ving no idea on the outdated nature of these systems! As extra addon, please consider people still using win95/98 or even newer systems with no updates as all, because sitting on dial-up or being lazy; kiddies will find THEM, and likely not the old Linux-es... Regards, Pelibali -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]