Thread: Anyone Use Linux?

Does anyone have an opinion on whether the upgrade from Fedora 5 to 6 is worth it? I've just spent two days setting up my new machine with FC5, only to find out FC6 was recently released. I'm not sure I'm up for it again for a while unless there's a pressing reason.

Thanks for any help.

James.

I don't have much experience with Fedora but I enjoyed using Debian. However, if you already have a stable system up and running, unless the new version will satisfy a pressing neeed that the old one doesn't, don't bother.

I use linux alot but all suse

I use a few linux distros (debian, gentoo, ubuntu) and freebsd. Been using *nix for years, no windows in this house.

For my desktop I prefer kubuntu.

Yep, linux user here as well (writing this on kubuntu).

You know what they say, if it aint broke...
Look at the feature list of the new version and see if you really need something
from there that you can't have on your current system . If yes, upgrade, if not don't.

Eventually, you will have to upgrade when they stop backporting security updates etc, but until then do whatever you like. That' the linux philosophy.

Redwoood

I used Slack for years, until I got a Mac.

AFIK you can run a good number of distros on Macs.

Thanks for the responses guys. Well, nothing's broke, but I've heard FC6 has NTFS support "built in" which would be handier than my current setup since I run a dual-boot system (with windows - I need it for work). I will check out the release notes for FC6 to see what's new. Cheers.

James.

In any case, upgrading won't be that hard.
I'm not very familiar with Fedora and yum, but I know that on ubuntu and debian, upgrading from one release to the next can be done quite comfortably.

Or, if you have a separate home partition, you could just back up /etc maybe dump your package selections and then just install the new release as if it's a new install. Easy and fast.

Redwoood

Did they also come up with an Ubuntu distro that has NTFS support?