Re: [tlug] Upgrading Sucks (was: FC5 Sucks: firewire drive/videos)

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 09/11/06, Darren Cook <darren@example.com> wrote:

> But I also want my cake and to eat it: I want the new stuff without the
> old stuff breaking :-).

You can't have that. Can't even have that with Windows. Maybe Mac OS X? ;)

> FC5 has some nice things. Anthy is the first linux IME that is as good
> as the Windows one.

Try PRIME. It is æå-style input, offering auto-completions based on
common usage patterns, both standard Japanese and your personal style.

> Firefox 1.5 allows me to drag tabs to re-order them.
> Thunderbird 1.5 allows me to detach attachments, without having to
> delete the whole mail. Et cetera.

But you can upgrade to all of these packages without upgrading the
whole distro, can't you?

> BTW, Fedora has a relatively short life cycle. I upgraded when security
> updates for FC4 stopped.

This should be a good hint that you should not be using Fedora. Fedora
is for bleeding-edge lovers, for fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants
Linuxers. Not for a guy like you who wants it to Just Work(TM).

> But I also want the new stuff. FC5 has some nice things.

Gentoo may be a little work to set up, but it is very nice for people
who want new bits of software without upgrading world.

-Josh