On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 12:31:51PM -0500, David Krider wrote: > Michael George wrote: > > > "PEBCAK"? That's a new one on me. What's it mean? > > Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard Gotcha! I have that happen once in a while... > > Maybe have the $40 set that comes on CD and only the $80 comes with > > the updates-list subscription and RHLx (the free one) might become > > more like rawhide. > > One of the things I'm most concerned about in all of this is the quality > of the "consumer" version going forward. 9 has really disappointed me. Me too. That's why I'm hoping they will decide on making an offering like SuSe where we can pay $40-100 for two years of updates. Actually, I should clarify that for $40-80, I don't expect all updates, only seucurity updates. > (And, from the topics on this list, perhaps many others.) 8 also did, > which is why I skipped it too. I was really, really happy with 7.3. It > was completely solid for me (once NVidia got their driver lined out). I > still want to be there, but I don't want to run so far behind. Are you my long, lost brother? :) I'm running 7.2 (with some 7.3 packages installed) and it's like a rock. As you, I don't want to fall too far behind and I really like the security updates. > If I > wanted to run year behind, I could be running Debian. Which is germaine, > because if SuSE doesn't feel solid, it's going to be a toss-up between > 7.3 and Woody stable, and I don't know as I can get over needing to > change again in 8 months. Sure Woody stable is old stuff, but "stable" > sure *ought* to be by now. Yeesh. What really seems intimidating to me is to change from RPMs to DEBs. I'm just used to rpm, I don't really want to change... -M -- A billion seconds ago Harry Truman was president. A billion minutes ago was just after the time of Christ. A billion hours ago man had not yet walked on earth. A billion dollars ago was late yesterday afternoon at the U.S. Treasury.
