On 06/13/2014 02:09 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
Anton Aylward wrote:
On 06/13/2014 01:42 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2014-06-13 16:02, Tony Alfrey wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
Which is probably because only the latest version is actually boxed for sale. As you're doing a new install anyway, why not go for 13.1?
Because there seems to be a lot of argument about various features in 13.1 and because a new number release always seems to have a bunch of bugs that get fixed later.
It is not that new, it was released last November. And 12.3 is supported till this September, so you will be wasting your money buying it.
http://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime
Listen, I'm using 13.1 on several machines, with no problems. 13.1 is a VERY good release, and it is scheduled by extended support by Evergreen.
Look, people use the forums and mail lists to complain and/or solve their problems. You will not see here many people praising a release all the time. Any release.
All releases were heavily criticised at their time.
All in all, 13.1 was unlike many other x.1 releases. It was remarkable problem free and stable.
Anton, as you like to point out, it's all about context. 13.1 still has some serious/annoying issues:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=877126 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=872086 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867779 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=866443 (workaround available) https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862739 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861318
For the desktop, I'm contemplating migration to 13.1 for some boxes, but not for anything production-related.
As you say, its about context. I didn't encounter any of those installation problems; perhaps they were addressed by the time I burnt my DVD? I see people encountering problems I can't reproduce or don't suffer from and I can't resolve the nvidia driver problems that I have. Maybe its my hardware ... The simultaneous IP connection issue looks interesting. As that page says, some web pages draw from many locations ... 'resource servers' I understand some people call them. At lest now when you start up Firefox it doesn't start up every tab and promptly runs out of connections! But even so I've not encountered that bug. Perhaps there are some deeper issues. Perhaps as well Configuration is Everything :-) But 'leading edge' and 'production' should not be used in the same context. -- The problem with comforting illusions is that someone else ends up footing the bill for your comfort. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org