Re: FGFS

On 02/06/11 15:44, Donn Washburn wrote:
> On 06/02/2011 09:24 AM, Melchior FRANZ wrote:
>> * Sid Boyce -- Thursday 02 June 2011:
>>> He insists on mixing 11.4 and 11.4 updates repos with factory
>>
>> Oh. One has to know that "factory" is meant for developers -- for
>> people who know how to fix bugs and to submit patches. It's not
>> for people who want the newest stuff, but are lazy and uninformed
>> or impatient.
>>
>> Donn, have you tried Tumbleweed? I'm using that now and I'm very
>> happy with it. It is "bleeding edge", much like factory, but well
>> tested and not buggy. It's a gradual distribution update from 11.4
>> to 12.1, to 12.2 and so on, with updates coming every other day.
>> Just add the repo and do a "zypper dist-upgrade".
>>
>> Read more here: http://en.opensuse.org/Tumbleweed
>>
>> m.
>>
> Thanks I may give it a try based on the experimentation of 11.4 of
> recent.  About 50% of the thing are based on M5 and security which even
> keep the kde bootup sound from not working.  I may take a look at
> Tumbleweed
>
>

If you do, don't try re-engineering it or you'll land in the same mess.
Regards
Sid.

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