Well, probably. But, there are many things in our relationships to technology--to the realm of stuff in general--that aren't necessarily the healthiest. Ultimately, qquestions like this are spiritual questions or, if you prefer, philosophical questions. I suspect you'll find that interpersonal relationships are more rewarding than accumulations of things, and you are asking the right questions if you've come to question your balance around such concerns. I do think there are good reasons to stay current with kernels and other package upgrades, within reason of course. I would simply track with my distribution and leave it at that, unless there's some development related reason for doing upgrades sooner. This will help you track security and feature updates. At least the former is certainly valuable. Just my two cents American, since you asked. Janina Zachary Kline writes: > > Hi, > Perhaps this has something to do with the fact I use Gentoo, but I find myself with an urge to upgrade the kernel at every new release that comes in, even the sub-releases, 2.6.20.3, etc. > I know this is probably silly, but I still feel an urge to do it anyway. However, with Speakup as it is, I was wondering what the general opinion is about when to upgrade? Is it worth doing it on a set schedule? > I suppose I have a feeling that Linux development will fly away and leave me behind, as it were, and I'm somewhat unsure how to deal with this concept. > Any advice or thoughts would be appreciated. > Yours, > Zack. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live Hotmail and Microsoft Office Outlook ? together at last. ?Get it now. > http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102225181033.aspx?pid=CL100626971033 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; sip:janina at a11y.org Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com Chair, Open Accessibility janina at a11y.org Linux Foundation http://a11y.org
