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Re: [PLUG] SUSE 10.2 update
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I don't know about Debian but Ubuntu LTS versions are supported for 5 years.
(See: 10.04 "Lucid")
After that, you'll need to re-install it anyway as the hard drive, processor,
and RAM are all obsolete and in various stages of breaking :-)
Isn't there a way to make a manifest for yum or YaST that allows you to install
the same packages in the new system?
Eric
On 10/05/2010 06:30 PM, Doug Crompton wrote:
> yea I guess. It is ashame because upgrading on a system where you have
> lots of stuff running is a big deal and would take lots of time. So many
> things would break. I think MS has done it better on this one. I can still
> upgrade WinXP for security without breaking anything but a 3 or 4 year old
> SUSE release is toast unless you want to upgrade. I know it was basically
> free and has so much more capability than MS. That I won't argue with.
>
> Are all Linux distributions unsupported in this way after 3-4 years or is
> this more a SUSE thing? I would probably not install SUSE again but rather
> move to a more mainstream flavor like Debian.
>
> Doug
>
>
> On Tue, 5 Oct 2010, Brian M. Vagnoni wrote:
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Art Clemons
>>
>> Subject: Re: [PLUG] SUSE 10.2 update
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>>> If I remember correctly OpenSuse supports distributions for 18 months.
>>> After that, most support, updates and the like disappear. You can
>>> either upgrade or try to manually update packages with known security
>>> holes or packages with big improvements in behavior. Wasn't 10.2
>>> released in either 2007 or 2006?
>>
>> Yes, Opensuse is up to 11.3, you should consider upgrading.
>>
>> Brian Vagnoni
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