On Tuesday 21 December 2004 12:52 am, Linda A. W. wrote:
A great boon to the SuSE release process would be for an upgrade to be able to upgrade from multiple prior releases just as on Windows. With SuSE, if you miss 9.2 because it hoses your system, don't expect to be able to cleanly upgrade to 9.3 from 9.1.
You have to go through each intermediate release no matter how bad they are and no matter how badly they may not work on your computer in order to be able to do the update/upgrade feature in Yast[2]. That's a major detraction for those who don't want to upgrade 3-4 times per year.
-linda ============
Linda, I'll have to disagree on a couple things in your mail. Upgrading any version of Windows to another version is haphazard at best! As unstable as it is in one form, it will become even more so by updating. You'll always get a better setup with a fresh install. I've updated two 9.0 systems and two 9.1 systems with SuSE 9.2 and am happy to say all went well. Those folks are happily working away on their 9.2 systems now. I do, as most here will confirm also, prefer to fresh install, if the versions are very far apart. 8.x to 9.2, try updating, but fresh install recommended. 7.x to 9.2? Absolutely a new install, because of the many changes that have occurred. Part of the problem I think most people see are the strength & weakness of Linux. It's great because the programs, etc. are constantly updated, improved. It can be frustrating, because the programs, etc are constantly updated, improved. ;o) regards, Lee -- --- KMail v1.7.2 --- SuSE Linux Pro v9.2 --- Registered Linux User #225206 "Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game!"