Hi, On Saturday 13 May 2006 07:48, houghi wrote:
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I say "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" all the time. Still people install each and every version that comes along and complain at the same time that they are forced to upgrade so often. Sigh.
Well, keep in mind that Novell / SuSE have only a 2-year commitment to each release. Those who require package updates and don't want or have the ability to build everything themselves are pretty much forced to upgrade. I also find that my promiscuous exploration of new software tends to make my system rather crufty after not too many months, so I welcome the new releases as an opportunity for a fresh start. I never do update installations, though. I always perform a clean installation on newly initialized partitions or disks, keeping the old root directory around at least long enough to serve as a reference for configurations and settings and as a fallback in case of trouble. This time I'm going to install 10.1 under Parallels on my MacBook Pro.
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houghi
Randall Schulz