Subj : Re: Updating or not... that's the question!!! :-)
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Sybren Stuvel
Date : Mon Aug 30 2004 07:28 pm

Jean Cote enlightened us with:
> I'm using Redhat 8.0 (2.4.20-28.8) everyday at work for more than a
> year now. I'm happy with it. I have vmware install for Window$2000
> and QNX/Neutrino. I'm wondering if I should update my system or not.

I would - it's no longer supported by RedHat themselves, so you need
to go through more trouble to get security updates, etc.

> Am I obsolete with this setup and should I update to Fedora or
> another distro like suse, Mandrake or any other one?

I'd go for Mandrake, or Gentoo if you feel like taking a big step. The
former is my favourite distro by far.

> My main use is for developing applications in C or C++ with
> libraries like fltk, MesaGL 6.0, glut 3.7, linpack and more. I
> mostly use g++ compiler.

Gentoo is great for developing.

> I use vmware to compile my applications under Window$2000 and
> QNX/Neutrino. So vmware must still works with the new distro/update.

Just do 'emerge vmware' and wait...

Sybren
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capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

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