shaner Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 I'm new to Linux and have been using 10.1 Community for a month. I found Mandriva LE2005, downloaded, checked the iso's, and burned them to CD. Now, is it better than 10.1? Is there an advantage to updating? I don't know anything about 2005, I don't know much about 10.1, are they similar? Shane [moved from Software by spinynorman - welcome aboard :)] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 2005 is 10.2. If you want Newer, Shinier Stuff, upgrade. If you're happy with 10.1, probably don't worry about it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaner Posted May 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 I like shinier and newer, but is it better? Some old things are better than the new. I understand it is a relative question, but wanted some ideas as to what is in the new. Does it run smoother? I haven't been using the 10.1 long, so it would be easy to upgrade. Shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Some old things are certainly not better than the new, but they are quite frequently less buggy. To sum it up, if you have some level of self-confidence and a vague Linux experience, go on- else, stay to the solidity of 10.1 OE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 It is better insofar as it is shinier and newer. :) It includes newer and shinier versions of all the software, and generally speaking software gets better over time. However, there is a small but inevitable risk that some change will make it work less well than 10.1 on your hardware. It's really up to you whether the potential of having a little better everything outweighs the risk of something big suddenly not working right. Why not just try 2005, and if you turn out to have a problem with it, go right back to 10.1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaner Posted May 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 Ok, I checked the iso's and all is good. Burned the CD's and tried the install, and it hung up. It hung up on some memory thing. I think loading into memory?, I'm not sure, guess that is a big red sign saying BEWARE this will mess up your system. I'm going to stick with 10.1 for a while longer. Thanks for the input! Shane Sorry I misplaced this topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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