On 01/24/2017 11:33 AM, nicholas wrote:
This post was started by a newcomer on cutting edge hardware looking for advice. The recommendation of installing EOL 13.2 using a vintage kernel is sensless.
That's an interesting wording. As you've worded it, I have to agree. But, as I keep pointing out, there's a lot of "yes it used to be but we changed all that" going on. Lets leave aside, for the moment the issue that we're not going to see any more work on the core repositories. I'm assuming, regardless, that after installing anything, be it 13.2, 42.1 or 42.2, the first thing you do is 'update' from the core repositories. So, after doing so, you're not running the vintage kernel of the distribution. Regular readers will recall that I make use of a number of other repositories, non-core ones, one of which is Kernel Stable. So my 13.2 system is actually running 4.9.5-1. That's a long way from the 32.something on the distribution DVD. No way can you call that 'vintage'. There's a similar argument to be made for other heavily used appreciations, Mozilla, LibreOffice and in my case the photo applications. Now John is going to say that people are going to stop producing updates in those for 13.2 Perhaps. So far I've only had the "distribution" repositories stop/discontinue. Another 30-some Are happily going along. But to get back to that original quotation. I'm also running 'antique' hardware, an old HP Optiplex 755. Santa was not generous in the computer area this year. Could the Optiplex run 42.1? I'm sure it could, but other people posting to this thread have spoken of the disruption associated with major upgrades such as this would be. If I had new hardware the effort would be worth while, as nicolas points out, installing 13.2 on blinding new hardware is quite another matter! I have no incentive to upgrade and a lot of disincentive to do so. I gather that I'm not alone in this situation. As I say, Context is Everything -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org