8.1 - pre-orders in Sweden, plus q's
Hey all, For those of us in Sweden, linuxstore.se said they'll start taking pre-orders for SuSE 8.1 sometime this weekend. 8.0 was a nice upgrade from 7.3, but I have to admit I'm looking forward to 8.1 even more, esp. with the new installation stuff. Questions arise, though... 1- 8.1 comes with Apache 2.0.40 . I'm still using 1.x, and haven't tried 2.x because I've heard of problems concerning compatibility with outside services, like PHP. I'm a Perl CGI scripter at heart, but have been studying PHP to use if needed some day. Will I be able to do this with the new Apache? If not, will SuSE come with the old Apache as well? Or can I install it alongside the new Apache? Ugh, loaded question. ;-) 2- Generally speaking, will RPMs I built (with checkinstall) in the 8.0 system work on 8.1? I'm looking at the new gcc that comes with it. I'm not that familiar with incompatibility problems, but I've heard that there may be. I compiled with the gcc that came with 8.0. Or would it be best to recompile these with the newer gcc? 3- Having an i686 system, should I expect much of a difference in using 8.1 (optimized for i586) over 8.0 (optimized for i386)? I have no clue when it comes to this question. My computer is used mainly for web design/CGI scripting, surfing, mail and such. Work. ;-) With the occasional MAME game. Still a moron at some things, ;-) Joe
For those of us in Sweden, linuxstore.se said they'll start taking
On Friday 27 September 2002 21.49, Joe wrote: pre-orders
for SuSE 8.1 sometime this weekend.
Replying to my own message. ;-) Linuxstore.se is now accepting pre-orders for 8.1 on their site. Prices: Personal 8.1 - 495:- Professional - 748:- P. Update - 590:- Plus shipping. Later, Joe
Questions arise, though... 1- 8.1 comes with Apache 2.0.40 . I'm still using 1.x, and haven't tried 2.x because I've heard of problems concerning compatibility with outside services, like PHP.
It also comes with 1.3.26
If not, will SuSE come with the old Apache as well? Or can I install it alongside the new Apache? Ugh, loaded question. ;-)
Yes, from looking at the package list, it seems that 1.3.26 may actually be the default (2.0.40 is given the package name apache2), so you may not have to worry :)
2- Generally speaking, will RPMs I built (with checkinstall) in the 8.0 system work on 8.1? I'm looking at the new gcc that comes with it. I'm not that familiar with incompatibility problems, but I've heard that there may be. I compiled with the gcc that came with 8.0. Or would it be best to recompile these with the newer gcc?
Probably better to recompile - 8.1 ships with gcc 3.2, this is a major revision from 8.0, and it probably breaks binary compatibility.
3- Having an i686 system, should I expect much of a difference in using 8.1 (optimized for i586) over 8.0 (optimized for i386)? I have no clue when it comes to this question. My computer is used mainly for web design/CGI scripting, surfing, mail and such. Work. ;-) With the occasional MAME game.
Yes, you should notice some difference, but not as much as if you had a kernel built specifically for your machine of course. I'll be using the k_athlon kernel on my machine at home of course. :) -- James Ogley, Unix Systems Administrator, Pinnacle Insurance Plc james.ogley@pinnacle.co.uk www.pinnacle.co.uk +44 (0) 20 8731 3619 Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 8.0) Updated GNOME RPMs for SuSE Linux: www.usr-local-bin.org *********************************************************************** CONFIDENTIALITY. This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Pinnacle Insurance Plc. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify our Helpdesk on +44 (0) 20 8207 9555. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************
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