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Rhia Knowles wrote: > On 23 March 2010 10:37, NW <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Rhia Knowles wrote: >>> Cool. I'm stuck running Mint7 (Jaunty based) on this laptop as >>> Karmic/Mint8 Kernel Panic. >>> Might try it out on the desktop at some point when I'm not drowning in >>> assignments. >>> >> And what is wrong with Mint v7? I like it myself. >> >> (No need to reply, just being frivolous.) >> >> Neil >> >> -- >> The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG >> http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list >> FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html >> > > Im afraid of it breaking with updates. I did that when i was new and > didnt bother to reinstall mint6 (which i started with) with new > versions, then let it run updates after mint 8 was released. Im not > sure what it updated but it broke to unbootability. > I have been using Linux for about 8 years now and I have never risked an update. I always install from new. Yes, I have to copy over some of my files, but not many. On the other hand, I do tend to stay with a version which works for me long after new ones have appeared. I am still using Kubuntu Hardy at the moment. If it ain't broke ...... Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html