help with... F9

[Patrick Bartek]

--- On Mon, 2/1/10, Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko at gmail.com> wrote:


> On Tuesday 02 February 2010 02:55:17
> Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > As far as updates:  If an app or  utility or
> library works just fine, no
> >  problems--they usually do from the initial
> install--why be concerned over
> >  the latest update?  But I see it all the
> time.   It must be some kind of
> >  complusive-obsessive disorder
> variant.   I have a friend, a retired career
> >  computer admin, programmer, you name it, who has
> this disorder.  It is
> >  impossible for him not to constantly keep his
> system fully updated even if
> >  what is being updated is rarely if ever needed
> or even used.
> 
> I would call this "the geek disorder"... In a
> geek-encouraging bleeding edge 
> distro like Fedora, I expect most of the people to behave
> like this. Myself 
> included. :-)

Sad.  I understand there's no cure, and those so afflicted live quiet lives of desperation constantly waiting for updates.  ;-)

> Also, frequent updating occasionally provides not just
> bugfixes, but also 
> enhanced functionality of certain components. Which comes
> as a nice surprise, 
> especially if it was something you were missing so badly...
> It's a nice 
> feeling when you see improvement in a working system (as
> opposed to installing 
> a later version of the whole distro). Basically, we're
> having a great time 
> updating software to latest&greatest! That's why we run
> Fedora! ;-)

You've misunderstood.  My comments about updates referred to unsupported versions like F9.  Just because it is no longer supported, doesn't mean it's broken and useless, and must be thrown away and replace with something new.

However, I do understand the need of updating new releases.  That's why when I do upgrade, I usually wait a few weeks, sometimes longer, after the initial debut.  By then most, if not all, of the more nasty problems have been fixed.


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