Re: upgrade from Corel Linux

2003-12-24 Thread David Z Maze
David G. Schlecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've tried recompiling a new GCC but can't because the current one is too far out of date. That surprises me a little; I thought a goal of gcc was to be compilable with random crufty vendor KR C compiler. But this isn't actually something I'm

Re: upgrade from Corel Linux

2003-12-24 Thread Robert Storey
Dear David, For all the trouble you'd have to go through to upgrade Corel, I'd just grab a Knoppix CD and install that to the hard drive - it has worked very well for me. This assumes that you want to run Unstable (recommended, unless you're running a mission-critical server). When the boot

upgrade from Corel Linux

2003-12-23 Thread David G. Schlecht
Hi All, I'm seeking some opinions. Should I upgrade or just reinstall? I have an old Corel Linux host that is terribly out of date -- 4 years out of date. I've upgraded a lib or two along the road but nothing really fit right. Of course, trying to use the GUI update tools doesn't work since

Re: upgrade from Corel Linux

2003-12-23 Thread Greg Madden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 23 December 2003 06:46 pm, David G. Schlecht wrote: Hi All, I'm seeking some opinions. Should I upgrade or just reinstall? I have an old Corel Linux host that is terribly out of date -- 4 years out of date. I've upgraded a lib or two