On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:19, you wrote: > On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:14:13 +1200 > > Andrew Errington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 19:58, you wrote: > > <snip> > > > > > I would hate to get my system up and running and then have to do it > > > all again when a new release comes out. > > > > You don't have to. Once you had it all up and running, why would you > > want to change it? I still have Win 98SE on a laptop. I never > > upgraded to ME, 2k, XP etc. I am running Debian 3.0 on my server. I > > never upgraded to Debian 3.1. Unlike some OS vendors, there's never > > any compulsion to upgrade... > > > > A > > Depends whether your server is visible on the internet, really. And > whether you want to use new software. And, in the case of you laptop, > whether you need to read Word documents (:
True. However, Debian 3.0 still has the occasional security update made available. Lots of 'later' software was made available via backports.org (no longer- it's now for Debian 3.1), and even OpenOffice was packaged for Debian 3.0. My point was- you don't have to take every upgrade thrust at you (which is true for Windows and Linux. In fact, it is notable that many software packages available now will run on Win 98, and many hardware items still ship with Win 98 drivers.) Having said that I am given to understand that the Ubuntu upgrade procedure is straightforward and relatively painless. Is that true? A
