--- On Sun, 1/31/10, Roger <arelem(a)bigpond.com> wrote:
On 01/31/2010 09:33 PM, Erik P. Olsen
wrote:
> On 31/01/10 11:14, Ed Greshko wrote:
>
>> Kevin Kofler wrote:
>>
>>> Jake Peavy wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> ...I know I should upgrade to F12 (or
whatever) but I don't have time...
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Then we "don't have time" to answer your
question, sorry.
>>>
>>>
>> I would like to opt out of your collective
"we". I am not part of a
>> collective, Borg or otherwise.
>>
>>
>> I think you may find that as not many if any use
Fedora 9 or earlier replies to your queries may be limited.
I used 9 until upgrading to 12 this past November. Prior to 9, I used FC6. I still have
9 installed as a failsafe, which will remain until replaced by my next upgrade, probably
15 with 12 relegated to failsafe. I usually, at least for the past 4 or 5 years or so,
only upgrade every 3rd release as this seems to offer an optimum balance among security,
stability, support and features with minimum upgrading. (I'm a lazy, and consider
procrastination a good character trait.)
I also don't upgrade hardware all that often either. (I'm lazy. Oh! I already said
that. Well, bears repeating.) I have no pathological complusion to build a new, cutting
edge system every year or so as some do. I try to initially build one that will fulfill
my requirements and is compatible with the software for 5 to 7 years with only minor
hardware changes, i.e. additional hard drive, more RAM, new CPU, etc. My current single
core, 64-bit system was build in December 2006. I've made no changes to it since
other than the OS and replacing the old CRT monitor with a flat panel one.
With the two above methodologies--hardware and software, I tend to have few
hardware/software problems, and end up with very stable systems.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" and, of course, always KISS.
B