Hi groupies!

Is it worth going 10.0 on well performing boxes walking 9.1?

One aspect is that I feel "left behind" but looking at the supposed
advantages I need them like another hole in the head.

Sensible remarks welcome.

Have fun

Stanislaw
Slack (9.1 still) user from Ulladulla.

the advantages of moving to 10.0 are newer applications (like a gaim that
works with msns new protocol). KDE 3.2.3 is much better than 3.1.4 (thats
the version iirc). Every/most application is newer, which means possible
bug fixes and possible new features.

it depends what your doing really.

Stanislaw Flatto wrote:
> Hi groupies!
>
> Is it worth going 10.0 on well performing boxes walking 9.1?
>
> One aspect is that I feel "left behind" but looking at the supposed
> advantages I need them like another hole in the head.
>
> Sensible remarks welcome.

it all depends, of course. make yourself a list of pros and cons and weigh
them against each other.

possible pros: new features, not feeling left behind, you get to play
again.

possible cons: need to invest time, (perhaps more than you expect), possible
headaches because things don't work as expected, downtime

i'm sure you can come up with more. ;-)

--
Joost Kremers joostkremers@yahoo.com
Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht
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Stanislaw Flatto wrote:
> Hi groupies!
>
> Is it worth going 10.0 on well performing boxes walking 9.1?
>
> One aspect is that I feel "left behind" but looking at the supposed
> advantages I need them like another hole in the head.
>
> Sensible remarks welcome.
>
> Have fun
>
> Stanislaw
> Slack (9.1 still) user from Ulladulla.

I have many boxes, all, except for one, running 10.0. I want to be up on
the 'latest and greatest'. I always have the latest packages installed
from slackware-current directories.

Now, about that one exception: it is running Slackware 7.1. And I won't
change it, not now, at least. Why? It is my email, file and web server.
It is on a Pent-133 MHz with 16 megs of ram and a 5 Gig HD. It is an
old, old laptop and sits there quietly running and goes down only when
the electricity goes out in our neighborhood (about once every 5 or 6
months, and for only a few minutes.) I don't have a battery for the
laptop nor a UPS. But then I don't have a critical need for power
24/7/365 for my server.

Should you upgrade from 9.1 to 10.0? Sure, why not? I mean, if you feel
that you want to stay current and not be 'left behind', then by all
means, please do upgrade. If you are unsure about having a stable system
after upgrading, and you do not have very much experience bringing up a
fresh Slackware install....and you need your system for other things,
then I would hesitate.

However, if you have a spare partition with sufficient room, or another
spare hard drive laying around, then I would definitely put Slackware
10.0 on the spare partition/hard drive and not worry about losing
anything by leaving 9.1 behind.

My 2 cents, YMMV

--

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Le Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:10:15 +0100, Matthew Robinson
<mattyrobinson69@hotmail.com> a écrit:
> the advantages of moving to 10.0 are newer applications (like a gaim
> that works with msns new protocol).

Are there so deep changes in libraries that entail that the major part of
the packages can no more be installed in a 9.1 (I ask that because I
remember having installed some 9.1 packages on a slackware 9.0).
And sincerely, don't you think it's still possible to compile these
applications within a slack 9.1 ?

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Stanislaw Flatto wrote:

> Hi groupies!
>
> Is it worth going 10.0 on well performing boxes walking 9.1?
>
> One aspect is that I feel "left behind" but looking at the supposed
> advantages I need them like another hole in the head.
>
> Sensible remarks welcome.
>
> Have fun
>
> Stanislaw
> Slack (9.1 still) user from Ulladulla.

Seems that we need a newer motto "If it ain't broke, upgrade!".
Something to do on long winter evenings after The Games.

Watch this space for my cries for help.

Have fun.

Stanislaw
Slack user from Ulladulla.

On 08-12-2004, in alt.os.linux.slackware,
Stanislaw Flatto <compaid@shoalhaven.net.au> wrote:

> Stanislaw Flatto wrote:
>
>> Hi groupies!
>>
>> Is it worth going 10.0 on well performing boxes walking 9.1?
>>
>> One aspect is that I feel "left behind" but looking at the
>> supposed advantages I need them like another hole in the head.
>>
>> Sensible remarks welcome.
>>
>> Have fun
>>
>> Stanislaw
>> Slack (9.1 still) user from Ulladulla.

> Seems that we need a newer motto "If it ain't broke, upgrade!".
> Something to do on long winter evenings after The Games.

You might think this odd, but last week I was thinking about asking
the very same question (70% 9.1 -- 25% 10.0 + 5% from
slackware-current. Hybrid? What is that?)

I actually debated this with myself and ended up thinking it a
stupid question. Thank the gods above and below you happen to be
braver then I am.

My subject line was going to read: "What mind numbing need is there
to upgrade to 10.0?" Hmmm...

....

> Watch this space for my cries for help.

You don't mind company do you?.

Max

--
For every evil under the sun,
There is a remedy, or there is none;
If there be one, try and find it,
If there be none, never mind it.

Max <argos2112@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> You might think this odd, but last week I was thinking about
> asking the very same question (70% 9.1 -- 25% 10.0 + 5% from
> slackware-current. Hybrid? What is that?)

> I actually debated this with myself and ended up thinking it a
> stupid question. Thank the gods above and below you happen to be
> braver then I am.

> My subject line was going to read: "What mind numbing need is
> there to upgrade to 10.0?" Hmmm...

I was running 9.0 and I upgraded to 10.0 because I needed the
libraries to run firefox and thunderbird. That's the only reason I
upgraded.

I used to enjoy upgrading and staying current but it's getting to
be a pain in the ass. I am kind of curious about using 2.6.7
because I have always detested the scsi emulation necessary for my
cd burner. Does anybody know of any tricks involved in setting up
a burner as an IDE device?

cordially, as always,

rm

Realto Margarino wrote:
> Max <argos2112@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>
>>You might think this odd, but last week I was thinking about
>>asking the very same question (70% 9.1 -- 25% 10.0 + 5% from
>>slackware-current. Hybrid? What is that?)
>
>
>>I actually debated this with myself and ended up thinking it a
>>stupid question. Thank the gods above and below you happen to be
>>braver then I am.
>
>
>>My subject line was going to read: "What mind numbing need is
>>there to upgrade to 10.0?" Hmmm...
>
>
> I was running 9.0 and I upgraded to 10.0 because I needed the
> libraries to run firefox and thunderbird. That's the only reason I
> upgraded.
>
> I used to enjoy upgrading and staying current but it's getting to
> be a pain in the ass. I am kind of curious about using 2.6.7
> because I have always detested the scsi emulation necessary for my
> cd burner. Does anybody know of any tricks involved in setting up
> a burner as an IDE device?
>
> cordially, as always,
>
> rm
No tricks, once 2.6 is configured and running, just edit your fstab
entrys from /dev/sr0 to /dev/hdc, or whatever.

Everything works well.

Ezra

On 08-13-2004, in alt.os.linux.slackware,
Realto Margarino <boogie@eewwww.org> wrote:

> Max <argos2112@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> My subject line was going to read: "What mind numbing need is
>> there to upgrade to 10.0?" Hmmm...
>
> I was running 9.0 and I upgraded to 10.0 because I needed the
> libraries to run firefox and thunderbird. That's the only reason
> I upgraded.
>
> I used to enjoy upgrading and staying current but it's getting to
> be a pain in the ass.

*BINGO*

Max

--
For every evil under the sun,
There is a remedy, or there is none;
If there be one, try and find it,
If there be none, never mind it.