Ira Abramov wrote:
> Old Linux versions are not yesterday's paper. that's what I like about
> them. I can still run the latest KDE snapshot of RedHat 5.0 if I
> choose. I upgraded my main machine at home to Mandrake 7.0 and I curse
> that day because it broke a lot of my delicate configurations without
> always leaving a .rpmorig file. I was happy enough with the older one.
>
> the only problem are the big jumps, like glibc and a.out to ELF. that's
> why Debian is no longer a choice for me, and may never be again.
I must clarify: What I meant was that there is nothing exciting in old
versions; I'm still running RH5.0 (!) almost with no problem (of course,
after upgrading the kernel, named, and many other packages which had
vulnerabilities in their original versions).
But when we are asked what OS is recommended to install now, there is no
reason to use historical versions. A side from new bugs (-:, new versions
always have less vulnerabilities, more support for new hardware, better
performance (but more memory usage...), etc.
--
Eli Marmor
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