From lsayre@en.com Sun Apr 12 02:01:52 1998 From: lsayre@en.com To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Buy SuSE 5.2 or wait for SuSE 6.0? Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 22:01:52 -0400 Message-ID: <35302090.A6DD01F8@en.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============6510234630741077916==" --===============6510234630741077916== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Since I have not yet purchased and installed Linux, and I'm interested in what I'm hearing about SuSE 6.0, should I go ahead and purchase 5.2, then install an upgrade later, or should I wait several months for the release of 6.0 (5.3....)? Will there be a painless and reasonably priced upgrade path? ------------------------------------------- Man's mind is his basic tool of survival! lsayre@en.com ------------------------------------------- -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============6510234630741077916==-- From w4oa@vibroplex.com Sun Apr 12 03:32:39 1998 From: w4oa@vibroplex.com To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Buy SuSE 5.2 or wait for SuSE 6.0? Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 22:32:39 -0500 Message-ID: <353035D7.72588250@vibroplex.com> In-Reply-To: <35302090.A6DD01F8@en.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============4969386873891445750==" --===============4969386873891445750== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lawrence Sayre wrote: >=20 > Since I have not yet purchased and installed Linux, and I'm interested > in what I'm hearing about SuSE 6.0, should I go ahead and purchase 5.2, > then install an upgrade later, or should I wait several months for the > release of 6.0 (5.3....)? >=20 > Will there be a painless and reasonably priced upgrade path? >=20 > ------------------------------------------- > Man's mind is his basic tool of survival! >=20 > lsayre@en.com > ------------------------------------------- i started with 5.0, got 5.1 as soon as it was available... i wouldn't wait... suse 5.1 is already awsome!!! i have a standing order in for the upgrades... mitch --=20 ----- Vibroplex, since 1890, the oldest name in ham radio!-------- Mitch" Mitchell, W4OA The Vibroplex Co., Inc. w4oa@vibroplex.com 11 Midtown Park East 334-478-8873, FAX 334-476-0465 Mobile, AL 36606-4141 Visit our website at http://www.vibroplex.com> ---------------------- Powered by Linux -------------------------- -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============4969386873891445750==-- From arnulf@geo.uni-bonn.de Sun Apr 12 09:52:26 1998 From: arnulf@geo.uni-bonn.de To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Buy SuSE 5.2 or wait for SuSE 6.0? Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 11:52:26 +0200 Message-ID: <199804120952.LAA00325@arka.forst.koeln.de> In-Reply-To: <35302090.A6DD01F8@en.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============3892338239355039705==" --===============3892338239355039705== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > From lsayre@en.com Sun Apr 12 11:39:34 1998 > Message-ID: <35302090.A6DD01F8@en.com> > Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 22:01:52 -0400 > From: Lawrence Sayre > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) > To: SuSE Linux > Subject: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Buy SuSE 5.2 or wait for SuSE 6.0? > Sender: owner-suse-linux-e@suse.com > Reply-To: suse-linux-e@suse.com > X-Mailinglist: suse-linux-e > > Since I have not yet purchased and installed Linux, and I'm interested > in what I'm hearing about SuSE 6.0, should I go ahead and purchase 5.2, > then install an upgrade later, or should I wait several months for the > release of 6.0 (5.3....)? > > Will there be a painless and reasonably priced upgrade path? > Hi! I have 5.1 and I think it is really worth the money. 5.2 must be better from what people say. But at the moment I wouldn's say that there is a reasonably priced upgrade path for me from 5.1 to 5.2. The upgrade in Germany costs 800f the new version. This is the price of the students version. If you see it relatively, it's steep, but all in all I assume that suses gain is very sharp calculated. I'd make it depend on the contents of the package. The main differences between 5.? and 6.? will be definitely the libs and maybe the c-compiler , I think. I haven't bought 5.2 because when I felt I needed an update of a program, I got it myself. I expect that upgrading to 6.? will be difficult, when you intend to make a lot changes to the system yourself, these probably will make difficulties. arnulf -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============3892338239355039705==-- From andyford@fastrans.net Mon Apr 13 19:40:29 1998 From: andyford@fastrans.net To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Buy SuSE 5.2 or wait for SuSE 6.0? Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 14:40:29 -0500 Message-ID: <35326A2D.57F31FA7@fastrans.net> In-Reply-To: <199804120952.LAA00325@arka.forst.koeln.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0640532557534341697==" --===============0640532557534341697== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit tulf wrote: > > > From lsayre@en.com Sun Apr 12 11:39:34 1998 > > Message-ID: <35302090.A6DD01F8@en.com> > > Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 22:01:52 -0400 > > From: Lawrence Sayre > > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) > > To: SuSE Linux > > Subject: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Buy SuSE 5.2 or wait for SuSE 6.0? > > Sender: owner-suse-linux-e@suse.com > > Reply-To: suse-linux-e@suse.com > > X-Mailinglist: suse-linux-e > > > > > Since I have not yet purchased and installed Linux, and I'm interested > > in what I'm hearing about SuSE 6.0, should I go ahead and purchase 5.2, > > then install an upgrade later, or should I wait several months for the > > release of 6.0 (5.3....)? > > > > Will there be a painless and reasonably priced upgrade path? > > > > Hi! > > I have 5.1 and I think it is really worth the money. > 5.2 must be better from what people say. > But at the moment I wouldn's say that there is a > reasonably priced upgrade path for me from 5.1 to 5.2. > The upgrade in Germany costs 800f the new version. > This is the price of the students version. > If you see it relatively, it's steep, > but all in all I assume that suses gain > is very sharp calculated. > > I'd make it depend on the contents of the package. > The main differences between 5.? and 6.? will be definitely the > libs and maybe the c-compiler , I think. > > I haven't bought 5.2 because when I felt I needed > an update of a program, I got it myself. > I expect that upgrading to 6.? will be difficult, > when you intend to make a lot changes to the system > yourself, these probably will make difficulties. > > arnulf > -- > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e One approach is to get a running system, and then just upgrade the things that you need to. You can insert, say, a new kernel into any distribution pretty painlessly (with a little reading and research). That said, leaving well enough alone is the key to a "highly available" system. Of course as soon as I finish this I'll run off and install a bunch of cool stuff that i'll probably never use :) -- yours, Andy -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============0640532557534341697==--