On Sun, 2004-05-23 at 23:56, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > <soapbox> > > That is becoming something of an issue with me personally. Everyone else > appears to be of the mindset that everyone else has a broadband > connection and that they can happily urpmi everything to do this that > and the other thing - which is not entirely true. Doing large scale > updates is entirely out of the question for me unless I can do an > upgrade or complete install from already created CD's. Really does tend > to raise my ire. > > Aside from that, after many weeks of watching the MDK 10 issues and > quirks, I'm resolved to sit and wait (as I always do) for a "non whole > number" version. Every distro, every version that has been of a "whole > number" has been, in my eyes, a "testing ground" and the .1 or .2 > version has been the better bet. > > I've tested 10CE - played around with it enough to see that it's not > going to be anything I can "upgrade" to or anything that I can install > on my working box without heaps of headache, heaps of hacking, and heaps > of change. And I'm certainly NOT going to get rid of my trusty linmodem > "just to get by". > > Mind you, I'd really like to have MDK 10+, but I fear it's going to be > some time off - same as I waited for MDK 9.1 - which after I HAD waited, > it was worth the wait in the end. > > I'm not trying to deter anyone from anything - I'm venting here. But > bear in mind I'm also stating something that most of y'all "oldies" will > already know. > > I'm also just mad as a wet hen that everyone seems to think that most of > the world is capable of having broadband...ahem. > > </soapbox> > > stephen kuhn - owner
Makes sense to me - the old saying 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' certainly applies. Another advantage of Linux over another operating system. BTW, moved here to Cyprus 2 years ago & do have broadband (after a fashion - have to log on via an Active-X page), still can't get it where I used to live the the much more technologically advanced UK. -- Paul M. _________________________________ In the beginning, man created god.
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