Updating Software and Distro

[Samuel Morales Jr.]

If you want to escape dependency hell, but are afraid
of Debian, I would recommend you use Conectiva Linux
or just APT4RPM. Conectiva ported apt to support rpms
so it basically gives you the best of both worlds. I
have upgraded Conectiva 7.0 to Conectiva 8.0 using
apt-get dist-upgrade. It also supports Redhat and most
any other rpm-based distro (as long as there is a
repository set up for it). Check it out:

http://en.conectiva.com
http://freshrpms.net/apt/




--- "S. Lawton" <green_man at bluefrognet.net> wrote:
> I grabbed a bunch of rpms, and got dependency errors
> knocked down to 
> a list of shared object files - so much for
> Evolution. Mandrake 8.2 
> is the obvious answer. 
> 
> I accidently opened the "Mandrake Online" icon, and
> they want me to 
> register for updates, but it sounded perilously
> close to "This just 
> isn't all good..." [spooky timing], so I just hit
> QUIT. 
> Also, in Control Center's Software Manager, I never
> bothered with 
> Mandrake Update, because this machine didn't have
> access to WWW until 
> a few weeks ago. 
> Should I go ahead and set these utilities up ? 
> Any caveats ? 
> I remember John Neff said something about not
> letting Mandrake Update 
> fool with your kernel. 
> 
> The system is a stand alone [not networked] dual
> boot desk top 
> machine on Dial Up [ the only time it's connected is
> when I'm 
> surfing, or sending + receiving email], with me as
> the sole user 
> [actually me as 2 users, logged on singly, one in
> KDE and one in 
> GNOME, because I'm figuring out how permissions
> work]. The linux is 
> Mandrake 8.1 as it came from the install CDs. 
> 
> Regarding upgrading the distro to a newer version, I
> actually found a 
> HOW-TO, dated ~1999, that said basically to backup
> /home, reformat 
> everything else, then do the install ! That sounded
> like "washing 
> Windows". Hopefully, by now, you can install a newer
> distribution 
> OVER another [like a Mandrake over a Mandrake, a Red
> Hat over a Red 
> Hat, nothing cross-platform], because I've put a lot
> of custom icons, 
> wallpapers, and such in various places down in
> /usr/share. 
> 
> What did those of you who went to v8.2 backup before
> you did the 
> upgrade ? Was /home even touched ?
> -- 
> S. Lawton
> 
> Kmail 1.3.1


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