On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 07:22 -0600, Sean Armstrong wrote:
>
> I agree with you that 7.0 + is not as backwards compatible. I understand
> what you are saying about older hardware. But, I do believe the original
> idea of Linux was so that it worked on all of these old pieces of hardware.
Certainly you are right with this principle. It's amazing what
Linux can do with a worn out 386-33 box.
But this is not the point here. All-in-all Linux is here to get
every *normal* piece of hardware to do it's very best. Cut out
the *junk-hardware* as GDI(Win)-printers or those halfhearted
modem cards.
That's the overall picture. Now we get to the pixels of that
picture.
Each distribution has it's special corner in the market. IMHO
there is no egg-producing-wooly-milk-giving-pig (that's a german
saying for one-fits-and-does-everything).
That has to be in the same way as cars are here for the
overall purpose of transportation. But there are reliable trucks
and vans for the stable heavy-duty tasks, luxory limos for the
one who want his toilet-paper warmed before usage, and sleek
sportscars with state-of-the-art souped up engines and special
tires and manual gear-shifting.
Now, would you use such a sportscar on a rainy day when you
*have* to rely on getting to your destination on time? Or would
you rather take a normal, less fancy but the more reliable car?
Or would you complain about that sportscar being too rough on a
bumpy road?
I hope I did not offend all the bikers with my useage of car
examples ;-)
Here comes the stable MDK 6.1 for your daily work. And here
comes the new fancy MDK 7.0x for testing your hardware to the
limits and checking out what *modern* Linux can do with *modern*
hardware.
When I got MDK 7.0 I installed it on a test machine and played
with it for some time. After it was running stable (in the areas
I use it) I made it my main system where I do my daily work.
I'll do the same with the next version, and the next, and....
If I find that my hardware will no longer match the newest
software I can decide if I want to upgrade my hardware or stick
to the level of Linux which matches my hardware.
Now I get the impression I'm repeating myself. Boring...
wobo
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