too many reviews, not enough content
too many reviews, not enough content
Posted Jun 4, 2002 0:08 UTC (Tue) by crouchet (guest, #1084)In reply to: too many reviews, not enough content by emkey
Parent article: Linuxlookup.com reviews Red Hat 7.3
>> I'm not a fan of Microsoft, but I will note that they provide an easy automated software update mechanism for free. I'll also note that they come out with new versions of their OS less then half as often as RedHat. <<
I don't think I can agree with this perspective. Microsoft's update is not free -- they just make you pay for it as part of the package price.
As for the frequent releases, if you don't have a need to be on the bleeding edge -- and very few people NEED that -- then just don't upgrade so often. I am not being sarcastic here; with Linux this is a viable alternative. At my work we have a few boxes we keep up to date and some we do not upgrade very often. The cool thing is that RedHat continues to support those older versions for some time and the software works so you do not HAVE to upgrade.
For many of our boxes we went from 5.2 to 6.2 to 7.2 and skipped the intermediate steps. Admittedly, the 2.4 kernel and USB functionality are good incentives to get to 7.2, but is there really anything new in 7.3 that you need? If not then just keep enjoying the setup you have.
JC
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