From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 30 12:09:28 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21CBB16A4CF; Thu, 30 Oct 2003 12:09:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from essence.sdodson.com (67-50-80-104.br1.tbr.ga.frontiernet.net [67.50.80.104]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81C5E43FA3; Thu, 30 Oct 2003 12:09:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from samy@kerneled.com) Received: from beastie.freebsd.local (dial37-123.sbm.net.sa [212.46.37.123]) by essence.sdodson.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id h9UBpMX1033748; Thu, 30 Oct 2003 11:51:31 GMT (envelope-from samy@kerneled.com) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 14:51:15 +0300 (AST) From: Samy Al Bahra X-X-Sender: samy@beastie.freebsd.local To: ".VWV." In-Reply-To: <000f01c39e88$9e3f8650$85fc2dd5@workstation> Message-ID: <20031030144435.L5527-100000@beastie.freebsd.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: stop upgrade - keep your mind safe X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:09:28 -0000 On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, .VWV. wrote: > Are you sure you really need continuous upgrading your operating system, > until the end of your life? Yes. New releases means new features and bug fixes (trivial as they may be sometimes) VWV. From a highly productive feature to a simple visual effect, I personally want them. If you're fine with what you have (ex: you don't mind lack of AA or lack of sticky windows, things you don't use, etc...) then don't upgrade. > I'm happy running an 'obsolete' 4.6.2, nobody will move me from it. > Upgrading makes happy only the hardware vendors. This is a natural cycle. I want Xft support, I want Xinerama support, I want that CD writer functionality, I want those nicer icons, I want those neat transparent title bars, etc... It makes a lot of us happy too. I'm still waiting on some features for PekWM (http://www.PekWM.org) that are only in CVS, I am itching to upgrade next release. In other words, this is a bikeshed :) -- +-----------------------------------+ | Samy Al Bahra | samy@kerneled.com | |-----------------------------------| | B3A7 F5BE B2AE 67B1 AC4B | | 0983 956D 1F4A AA54 47CB | |-----------------------------------| | http://www.kerneled.com | +-----------------------------------+