Patrick Bartek wrote: > --- On Sun, 11/14/10, Bill Davidsen<david...@tmr.com> wrote: > >> Patrick Bartek wrote: >> >>> Since FC6 (I've been using Fedora since Core 3), I've >> only upgraded with every third release--6-9-12. I >> think it wasteful of time and energy to upgrade any >> faster. It takes almost the 6 month release cycle to >> get everything working smoothly anyway. Then chuck it >> all and start anew with a new set of problems? No >> thanks. >>> >> I went from 6->13 on one machine, had some drivers for >> custom hardware which new >> driver models didn't support. Finally the USB passthru in >> KVM got good enough to >> run in a VM, and I do. > > Custom hardware isn't required to have new release issues. Just older > hardware is good enough, particularly peripherials. And they don't have to > be that old. For example, my Samsung ML-1710 laser printer has been > discontinued for 4 years or so. I bought mine in 2006. No problems. FC6's > CUPS had the driver. So, did F9 when I upgraded to it a year or so later, > but F12 didn't. Support had been dropped due to it being discontinued (I > guess). Samsung's dedicated driver had problems with F12. Or, perhaps, it > was the other way around. Fortunately, I was able to find a third party > compatible driver through the LinuxPrinting site. > > Now, there is nothing wrong with the printer. I've used it daily in my > business since I bought it. Have gone through 4 or 5 toner cartridges, and > reams and reams of paper. One of these days, it will finally die and I'll > replace it, but I resent having to replace something that works perfectly > well simply because support has been dropped due solely to time and not lack > of demand. > > Another reason, I'm looking for Long Time Support in my next OS. > I stayed on FC4 for similar reasons, until I could go to better hardware and FC13, and I still run XP in a VM for one application. I know where you are coming from.
I stay with things that work for me, I'm still on wife 1.0. ;-) -- Bill Davidsen <david...@tmr.com> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
