Right on wobo. I have and extra 13.5 gb hard drive whose sole purpose in
life is to test new linux distros until they prove stable and I prefer
to work on them. Then the old distro disk space becomes the test space.
Only sane way to try linux or any new software especially if its your
only system.
Tom
Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
>
> 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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