WARNING:DO NOT UPGRADE TO CORE 4

Mike McCarty mike.mccarty at sbcglobal.net
Tue Jul 12 18:56:56 UTC 2005


Les Mikesell wrote:

>The trick to avoiding problems with Fedora is to wait until towards
>the end of a version's life.  Not past the end - you want a version
>still being actively used, but you want to be able to immediately
>do a 'yum update' to pick up the fixes for the problems others have
>already experienced.  FC1 is too old since it is no longer being
>updated - if you find a new problem it won't be fixed, and FC4 is
>too new if you don't want to be involved in helping with the fixes.
>  
>
That's the approach I've decided to take. I may upgrade from FC2 to FC3 
soon.

[snip... used to use punched cards]

>
>Times have changed.  Computers are a lot more fun now.
>  
>
Umm, I'm not so sure. I really didn't enjoy punching cards, myself. OTOH,
some of the best fun I've had is using some really limited stuff. Especially
embedded, with limited I/O and debug facilities.

[snip]

Mike

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