[KLUG Members] Evolution issue

[Eric Beversluis]

On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 10:39 -0500, Bruce Smith wrote:
> > This is old Mandrake: probably some time in 2004.  I think two versions
> > of Mandriva have come out. But why install a new version and just get a
> > new set of problems 
> 
> To fix the problems you currently have, like this one!  :-)
> 
> What's the fun of keeping your same old boring problems, when you can
> exchange them for exciting new problems!  ;-)
> 
> > (probably things that worked in the earlier
> > version--and this not only with Mandriva, from what I hear from users of
> > other distros).
> 
> In my experience, the newer distros have been getting better and better
> over time, and come with fewer problems now.  If you're worried about
> such things, install a new distro that has been out for a couple months,
> which should have any major bugs fixed by then.

I guess the other issue is the demands a new distro makes on older
hardware. I don't want to have to trade in my sweet little Sony (PIII,
256 MB, 800 MHz) because a newer distro needs more horsepower.

>  - BS
> 
> 
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