Re: [SLUG] Distributions

[Terry Collins <terryc@nospam.woa.com.au>]

DaZZa wrote:

...snip...

> And again, with the next release, they plan to change everything to yet
> another version of GlibC - so there'll be no upgrading - it'll be
> re-install. It's almost as bad as WindoZ.

Is this glib thing a RedHat thing or a Linux thing? In the past, I've
been informed that it was a linux driven upgrade and that RH was just
first cab off the rank.

I've also never had a successful RH upgrade. It has always required a
complete re-install. So now I usually partition off what I want to
keep and install the new stuff as needed.

I agree that Linux has become just as bad as Windoz with its upgrade
treadmill every few months, but as I decline to play bleeding edge, it
doesn't worry me. I just install the latest at the time and leave it
until it is broke.

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