the 'which distro' question

[Ric Moore]

On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 11:26 -0800, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Chong Yu Meng wrote:
> <snip>
> > 
> > Bugs and security aside, I think you'll find that you will be drawn into
> > the upgrade treadmill -- the temptation will be too great, and
> > resistance is futile !
> 
> Sounds like the borg <g>.

No kidding... I agree with Pascal, the temptation is great to have the
latest. Sometimes the latest breaks. If you're serious about a stable
system then doing the exclude path is the way to go. I get emails daily
from fedora-updates and you can pick and chose when to update if a
compelling reason is noted. I've seen 20 such notices in one day. What
you may wish to consider is to burn and install from the live-FC6 CD and
then yum install (or use smart) to install everything else you want via
the net, if you have a fast connection. Only one CD to dnload. Ric

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