Updating Software and Distro

[Cyber Source]

>From reading this, we DEFINITELY need more people to speak up at the
meetings. At the next meeting we should have a short discussion on just
what everyone would like to hear about, or speak about. I know we tried
to do this over the emails but that didn't seem to get off the ground.
On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 12:23, Samuel Morales Jr. wrote:

    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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