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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    Re: [SLE] Next Release
From:       Doug McGarrett <dougmack () i-2000 ! com>
Date:       2003-02-19 1:43:36
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If you have been reading this newsletter, or whatever it is,
you would know that 8.1 was/is a dog and 8.0 was fairly stable.
Who knows what the next version will be--I would stay with 
whatever works until the fallout occurs.  -doug


At 17:59 02/18/2003 -0500, John LeMay wrote:
>> As I've been using(?) 8.1 for a month now - I bloody wish I had
>
>Why? What is going to be in 8.2 (presumably) that makes it worth 
>upgrading? Sure, maybe if you are running 7.x or earlier and want some 
>newer "stuff" it makes sense. It also makes sense if you have a 
>stability issue - say with 8.0 (not that I know of any issues with 8.0, 
>but "point-oh" releases tend to be a bit more flakey than "point-one" or 
>higher releases) or something.
>
>I'm really not trolling here, but I just don't see the point in hassling 
>one's self about upgrading their OS every six months. Honestly, even MS 
>doesn't do that. Sure, if you get a new box install the latest you have 
>handy. But if you have a functioning machine and you aren't going 
>through "rpm-hell" trying to install the latest version of <insert 
>favorite package name here>, why bother? Most of the time you end up 
>creating problems you didn't have previously.
>
>Just my two cents.
>
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>John LeMay
>KC2KTH
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>NJMC | http://www.njmc.com | Phone 732-557-4848
>Specializing in Microsoft and Unix based solutions
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