On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, James (Jim) Hatridge wrote: jh> On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Daniel Woodard wrote: jh> jh> > How long can a version, say 6.4, go before it's just dangerously out of date? jh> jh> Hi all, jh> jh> This is hard to say. But I ran 4.4.1 for 18 months (about) until I jh> upgraded last year to 5.2. Right now I'm running 6.3 on three of my system jh> and I'm still on 5.2 on my main system. jh> jh> It seems to me that once a year upgrade is fine. Or run a version until jh> the guys on this list stop making sense. <G> jh> I agree on that point, If you want to stay current with the topics (being on the cutting edge) then by all measn upgrade ASAP. In my opinion, theres no need to upgrade unless a) the newest version has what your looking for. b) major packages have changed, ie: libs, X, egcs (too name a few) c) you don't mind upgrading when ever theres a change (that's me) For what it's worth, I'm running 6.3 on my firewall/router box, 6.3 on my samba/mail/file server box and 6.4 on my workstation box. Just keep track of any security issues reported on SuSE's website and those systems will be fine. I'm planning on buying the 7.0pro within the next week though, just because I like supporting it, but at the moment, I've been investing all my time in car shopping. jh> Later! jh> jh> Jim Hatridge jh> hatridge@straubing.baynet.de jh> Proud Linux User #88484 jh> jh> VOTE Harry Browne jh> www.HarryBrowne2000.org and www.lp.org jh> jh> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jh> Jim's Beowulf Project jh> Looking for giveaway computers and parts jh> I need it all! jh> Email Jim for details on jh> how you can help build a poor man's super computer. jh> jh> jh> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - www.primenet.com/~tomas SuSE Linux v6.4+ - Kernel 2.2.16 You should emulate your heros, but don't carry it too far. Especially if they are dead. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq