I am too!
And to be sure that 6.1 comes out I'm supporting SuSE by getting 6.0!
(I like their business ethics and I want them to be able to raise their
kids with the same set of values. Beats what Gates will teach his
kids).
Brad Jones wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I am planning to buy Suse 6.1 when it comes out, I just wanted to wait
> until all the glibc and kernel 2.2 changes have been finished and had
> some time for any bugs to be ironed out before I buy the commercial
> version. I was just after a quick upgrade in the meantime.
> Cheers,
> Brad.
> >
> >
> >Brad Jones wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >> I am currently running the full commercial version of SuSE5.2
> and want
> >> to upgrade to 6.0. I've been dnloading the 6.0 version (by modem) and
> am
> >> getting sick of waiting. I just wanted to know what files I actually
> >> need to upgrade to 6.0. I would suspect that all the old binaries I
> have
> >> installed from 5.2 will still work with 6.0. It should be backwards
> >> compatible right?
> >> So I guess if I just have the first 3 directories (a1, app1,
> app2) from
> >> the ftp site dnloaded I should be able to just go into yast, set this
> >> directory to be the source and then click on update. Is this all I
> have
> >> to do? I don't need any other of the directories?
> >> If there's anything else I need could you please let me know.
> It just
> >> seems like a waste dnloading everything when I don't need it all.
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >> Brad.
> >
> >
> >Ahhh... Now you see the advantage of purchasing the commerical
> version
> >on CDROM.
> >1) A permanent copy of the distro plus ALL the major downloads
> available
> >at the time, all on 5 CDs.
> >2) A ready-made boot disk.
> >3) A live-system on the CD.
> >4) A beautiful manual.
> >5) If your time is worth anything, and you don't have a T1 connection
> >to the internet, it is easier and quicker to get the commerical
> release.
> >6) It costs less than a movie and dinner out for two... ;-)
> >7) The CD boots into YaST and the install-upgrade is just clicks away.
> >8) Where else could you get such a finely engineered system at such a
> >low price?
> >
> >However, Geeks with plenty of experience, time to burn and a T1 would
> >think nothing of downloading all the packages and putting together an
> >installable system.
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