SuSE still provides security updates on their older versions. They have also mentioned an upgrade version, but I have yet to see anything about it in the U.S. As far as your question. It depends on what you run it for. A lot of things won't change all that much. Some will. As a student, I cannot afford to buy a new version everytime. I have found that skipping a release doesn't hurt too much. As such, I probably would not even bother upgrading until 7.1 comes out. Then again that is just my opinion. Victor Cardona ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Woodard" <doomx@home.com> To: <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 11:16 PM Subject: [SLE] How long can 6.4 go?
I bought 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4.
At $20/$30 a pop it was no big deal and I didn't mind supporting the
that had been so good to my slow learning curve, but with the new pricing, I'm gonna have to slow things down a bit and get more mileage out of the version I have.
How long can a version, say 6.4, go before it's just dangerously out of date?
Assuming I keep the kernel moderately fresh, what are the major packages I need to keep my eyes on?
I use it for mostly specific things. As long as it does those things well, do I even need to concern myself with anything other than major security updates?
I need some things in Professional like netalk, but $70 several times a year is pushing it for my small enterprise. Can I buy the personal edition, and just get the "special" packages I need from the 7.0 ftp server?
Will SuSE update the 7.0 version as rapidly? Will there actually be a 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4? Seems like buying 7.2 or 7.3 and riding that until 8.0 comes out could be a workable scheme.
I suppose it's not out of the question to have somebody copy the Professional disks to CD-R for a drastically reduced price and just forgo
distro the
manuals? Or is that black letter, but not the spirit? Under this guise SuSE gets none of my money, that's not such a great solution either.
I'm not trying to be a cheapskate pain, or take side jabs at SuSE's new pricing, but after a year or more of smooth sailing, I need to figure out what to do in the future.
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