glibc advice

[Collins Richey]

On 10/5/06, Tony Alfrey <tonyalfrey at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Net Llama! wrote:
> > On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Tony Alfrey wrote:
>
> <snip>
> >>>
> >> No, in fact most of the time I run a Mac, which runs like most linux
> >> distros *should* run.
> >> But back to glibc-2.3.
> >> Is it mythology that if I upgrade to 2.3, apps compiled on 2.2.X will
> >> not run?
> >
> > Its false.  Why you're beating the Caldera dead horse, I can't understand.

Ditto. That horse is really dead.

>
> What difference does it make?
> It has a kernel, it has X, it has QT libs, it has KDE.
> I know where everything is in it.  Think of it like my version of LFS.
>
> I'll give you an example of why I'm not running something fancy and new,
> like SuSE 10.1.  If you've been watching the SuSE list, there are a lot
> of people whose experience with SuSE has been, shall we say, less than
> pleasant.

My $.02.

Get yourself a Kubuntu 6.10 Beta disk (I prefer the alternative
install disk - text based installer - rather than the LiveCDl. Here's
an example of what just works out of the box. Kernel 2.6.17+, KDE
3.x.x (latest non-experimental version), K3B for burning, Gimp, USB
Printer and USB scanner (Epson CX4200 all-in-one), latest stable nVida
8774, latest Firefox, latest Seamonkey (install yourself, what I use),
php5, apache2, MySQL 5.0, PostgrSQL 8.1, etc., etc. Mine is an
extremely new AMD64 with nVidia MCP51 board and weird-ass onboard  NIC
and sound, and they work just fine.

With a few additions from instructions on the wiki/forums mplayer with
codecs to view movie trailers.

After installation, the first time you upgrade, there will be a
sh#tpot of updates (6.10 is in the final stage between Beta and
release). The only thing you'll have to gripe about (everybody except
me does) is the Ubuntu suppression of the root user. Either 'sudo
<cmd>' (your password) or 'sudo su -' (your password) to get root
acess. One other little quirk. The last time Itried it, the KDE
printer administrative setup did not work. You'll need to use the
browser access at localhost:631 to setup your printer. This could be
fixed by now.

If this is your first Debian system, you have a moderate learning
curve to go through. To get totally up to date, just

1. sudo su -
2. Edit /etc/apt/sources.lst (the list of update repositories).
Comment out the entry forthe CDROM, so you don't have to have it
mounted.
3. apt-get update
4. apt-get upgrade
5.. apt-get dist-upgrade (some of the packages such as kernel upgrades
are held back until you do dist-upgrade)

Enjoy, and send your Caldera package to the Smithsonian.

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.