On Thursday 07 October 2004 10:27, Greg Wallace wrote:
Yeah. It seems like you barely get one installed before the next one is out. I guess they're continuing to push for Windows competitiveness by adding enhancements and releasing them as fast as they can. I can see why you would want to do that, long term goal wise, and I'm all for making Linux the desktop of choice, but it does tend to get a bit tiresome for those of us trying to keep up with the constant upgrading!
Take your point, but in fact there's no pressure to upgrade for a year or two. The main aim is that new buyers get the red-hot new stuff. I've only just upgraded my workstation 8.2 install, and that's only because I felt like it. 8.2 and no doubt earlier still work, and continue to be provided with official patches for a decent interval after they are replaced. Can you imagine the whining and wailing on this list if they *didn't* do regular latest-and-greatest releases? Bit more fun than 'clinging on for dear life till Longhorn arrives' as one win tech described his position to me the other day. Just skip a release or two - you're not going to lose out on anything big unless there's something highly specific you need to get running that's only covered in a later version. As ever, though, I'll be splashing out the moolah on 9.2 as soon as I get the chance to order it ... Cheers Fergus
Greg W. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Kratz [mailto:steve@townnews.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 7:01 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: RE: [SLE] new v9.2 is out
-----Original Message----- From: Gary [mailto:not-valid@mygirlfriday.info] Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 9:41 AM To: Suse Subject: [SLE] new v9.2 is out
Just announced on /.
Does SuSE have any sort of upgrade policy? It seems like I just got my official 9.1 set last month...
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