Hello Eli, On Thu, 17 May 2012 21:31:16 +0300 Eli Billauer <e...@billauer.co.il> wrote:
> On 05/17/2012 08:56 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote: > > Oh wait! You're using kernel-2.6.35.4 - not kernel 3.5.x (which does not > > exist > > yet). That's a really old version. Is it an up-to-date distribution kernel? > > If > > so - you can report it to your distributor. If not - you should upgrade. > > > > Of course I should upgrade. That way I'll exchange a problem which has > zero impact on my system (currently) with one that will possibly cause > real trouble. That's the good thing about upgrading all the time: You > have a lot of quality time with you computer, fixing whatever broke when > you upgraded to fix the previous problem. > > I may consider upgrading to a kernel > 2.6.35 which has gone through a > long phase of "bug fixes only" but I understand there is no such around > at the moment. What I call a vintage kernel. > This post by Gabor is of relevance here: http://szabgab.com/what-does--if-it-aint-broke-dont-fix-it--really-mean.html Namely, an upgrade may always introduce some broken things, but if you delay it, then the gap will be larger, and will likely break more things. Furthermore, I have been on development distributions (first Mandriva Cooker and now Mageia Cauldron) and while there were breakages in the past, most of the time, the upgrades went pretty well, and I didn't spend a lot of time in fixing broken things. Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ My Favourite FOSS - http://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/favourite/ We don’t know his cellphone number, and even if we did, we would tell you that we didn’t know it. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ Haifux mailing list Haifux@haifux.org http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux