On Sunday 28 March 2004 08:22, Michael Sternberg wrote: > > 1. Is it means that if I want to continue to use Mandrake > on desktop and to install a new updates I have to upgrade > OS version each year ?
Yes. > > 2. How painful the upgrade is ? I remember that they always > recommend to "uninstall everything and then install.." :) From my past experience it's a pain. I had to format and reinstall, since the upgrade left the system in an unstable state. Maybe the upgrade is smother on the new version, My last Mandrake installation was around the 9.1. > > 3. Do we have any distribution (beside Gentoo) that do not > require upgrading ? I.e. once installed, some "emerge -world" > always (!) bring latest updates for all packages ? Definitely Gentto is the best, but if your machine is not a >2GHz CPU and you don't have a day or two for the installation, you should check Debian or a Debian based distro, The upgrade apt-get update; apt-get upgrade no need to reformat or reinstall from scratch you can move from stable to unstable very easily and the machine usually won't break too much ;-). Gal ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
