On Thursday 25 November 2004 02:58, Linda A. W. wrote:
I also _really_ don't like the fact that a Windows update will work with _several_ previous versions, but a SuSE update can only work with the immediately previous release
What makes you say that? Aren't you confusing "is supported" with "can only work"? Some upgrades are trickier than others, but I've done 9.0->9.2 and 8.2->9.1 and they worked
-- I don't want to be forced to update to an unknown quality configuration every 3-6 months when it takes 1-2 months to iron out the the kinks from the previous release.
If you feel this way, then why not wait a while? Lots of people want to "let others find the bugs" before going ahead with an upgrade. Who is forcing you? Certainly not suse. Having said that, I usually install new versions as soon as I can, and with a few exceptions (the XFS thing in 9.1 was particularly annoying to me) things generally work well enough to be getting on with. But if you wait a month or two after release, you should have enough information from the forums and knowledge bases to know where the pitfalls are. That's sound procedure regardless of the OS. I wouldn't even install a new release of OS/400 (the best OS in the world, in my opinion) without seeing what's happened to other users first, unless it was on a test system where I could experiment away.