[ale] RH Upgrade

[Christopher Fowler]

Valid points.  I prefer KDE over Gnome but still run Evolution because
KDE's kmail is not very good.  Does RH9 suffer the same problems?

Chris

On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 20:01, aaron wrote:
> On Monday 05 May 2003 13:56, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > I know I might have asked this before, but I want to go from 7.3 -> 8.0
> > via an upgrade process.  Is this a crazy idea.
> 
> If you are using the system as a desktop / workstation, my opinion is that RH 
> 7.3-->8.0 is not a good move. From what I've observed, one loses a lot of 
> easy access to window manager choices and other controls over the GUI 
> environment. I'm running 7.3 with Gnome/Sawfish because I like the way it 
> works and I've spent considerable time configuring it to be what I like. It 
> is my understanding that updating to 8.0 would mean a lot of work and hassle 
> trying to recreate what I have now.
> 
> RH 7.3 is current enough that I'm in no hurry to jump back onto the bleeding 
> edge. Unless RH changes their GUI directions, my next "update" will probably 
> be a switch to Mandrake next year.
> 
> 
> peace
> aaron
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