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.

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.

Does anyone have an opinion on whether the upgrade from Fedora 5 to 6 is worth it?

I've been a Unix sysadmin since July 1988, and a Linux (RedHat) sysadmin since September 1996. Used RedHat/4.x through Fedora Core 5. When they released Fedora Core 6, I downloaded the DVD and tried to upgrade from FC5 to FC6. No go -- it trashed the installation on my RAID1 (mirrored pair) of 40GB Maxtors.

I'd been interested in Debian for quite a while, and took the opportunity to use the new Debian Etch GUI Installer (Beta). It worked perfectly. The installer is now available as a newer, RC1 version.

Daily use of "apt-get update", followed by "apt-get -y dist-upgrade", the "apt-get clean" keep the installation 'bright and shiny'.

If you're not so comfortable using the CLI, do "apt-get install synaptic" (an excellent GUI-based program installer, which pulls whatever you want from the repositories listed in your /etc/apt/sources.list file, and it also pulls-over any other files on which the program(s) you want are dependent).

I'm waiting patiently for Debian Etch to be released, real soon now (but the beta version is rock-solid).