I know. i just want to know how long i can keep gOS space before it becomes truly obsolete.
On Oct 1, 1:07 am, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No idea, perhaps a Good OS employee is willing to disclose that > information, I doubt it however. Why do you want to know? gOs 2.9 will > probably never be "upgradable" to version 3. So if you want to switch > to gOS 3 sooner or later you will have to install gOS 3. > > On 1 okt, 03:15, m3chan1zr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ...ok. In that case, when will support for gOS space be discontinued? > > > On Sep 30, 4:57 pm, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > yes. > > > > On 30 sep, 22:24, m3chan1zr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm guessing its the same for gOS 2.9? > > > > > On Sep 30, 10:54 am, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > No, it isn't an upgrade, its a new install. Its comparable from going > > > > > to windows 95 to Windows XP. You cant "upgrade", the changes are too > > > > > major. > > > > > > You need to backup all your user data, and after installation any > > > > > programs you installed you need to install manually again. In > > > > > Principle Synaptics offers an option to save its configuration (which > > > > > programs are installed) in a small textfile, so you can restore them > > > > > automatically, but because there are many new elements in gOS 3 you > > > > > would remove when you do that, it's use isn't safe. > > > > > > In theory you can install gOS 3 next to gOS 1 on its own partition, > > > > > then copy files from gOS 1 to gOS 3, but you need to know how to use a > > > > > partitioner to later get rid of gOS 1. > > > > > > The good news is that gOS 3 will have a working upgrader, so (within > > > > > reason) you will be able to upgrade to later versions, and will > > > > > receive safety updates etc. > > > > > > On 30 sep, 16:17, m3chan1zr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I have an Everex gPC that I once upgraded to gOS space when it first > > > > > > released. I can't recall but I believe that I had to reconfigure > > > > > > and > > > > > > setup all the software I had before in the previous version of gOS > > > > > > (ver. 1). When I upgrade to version 3.0, do I have to re-set up > > > > > > everything or will it just upgrade my system and leave my files, > > > > > > software, settings, etc. alone? Thanks in advance.- Hide quoted > > > > > > text - > > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
