(Executive summary: "Me too" ;-)
David Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Franki wrote:
> ...
> > I don't know if I am alone or not, but I still use 7.2 for anything
> > important, and won't swap till 8.1 (assuming it has no hassles in its first
> > months...)
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > I am wondering if there are alot of other people who are not prepared to use
> > mdk8 on servers yet?
> >
> ...
> ... If I had a requirement for functionality offered in 8.0 that was not
> offered in 7.2, I'd make the leap.
I ran 8.0 on what was going to be my firewall before it became the kid's computer
(my plans changed and I decided to switch ALL the machines around, but thats a
different story, not at all related to 8.0). I wanted to go to 8.0 because
I wanted ipchains (or is that iptables - yeah, that's the ticket ;-)
Real Soon Now I'm going to have the machine musical chairs sorted out and will
have a pentium class machine for the firewall just so I can run a current kernel,
as I'm too lazy to go through the hassle of upgrading my Mandrake 7.0.1 system
to the point of being able to run a 2.4.x kernel.
> Depending on how badly I needed it, I would
> probably wait for 8.1. Mandrake 8.0 is a great leap forward, but with any great
> leap, it takes a while for the ripples in the pond to settle before the water is
> smooth again.
Well, from what I've observed here on the list, it looks like I want to
get the improved kde stuff real soon now also, but I too am waiting for
at least 8.1, maybe 8.2, before switching. It is something of a hassle
that it seems so hard to find rpms and stuff for 7.2 any more...
(I'm getting *really* tired of konquerer dying when a DNS lookup fails!)
On a completely different note:
Hope some folks managed to get in on the Mandrake IPO! I wanted to but just
did not get all my ducks lined up before it was too late... Oh, well...
rc
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