Personally, the thing I like about Linux is that I don't feel overly
pressured to constantly upgrade.  If it works, then I leave it be.  If
there's a security hole or some must-have feature then I'll go ahead and
upgrade the software (plus any additional required associated software).
But for the most part everything works well as is.  It all depends on how
you use your computer.  If Linux is your main desktop system, then you
might upgrade KDE as often as possible, for example.  If Linux is just
your web server, then you might only upgrade Apache when you absolutely
have to.
~M


On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, bob smith wrote:

> Hey all,
> Well I've been using slackware 8.0 for a little while
> and little by little I'm becoming more comfortable
> with it (I'm actually more comfortable with FreeBSD at
> the moment). I can work myself around the file system
> and do simple system administration tasks. What I
> really want to do though is get all my software in
> order. My question is how do I go about keeping
> current with slackware? I see where I can download the
> 2.4.5 kernel source and I am working on compiling a
> new kernel (right now I'm at 2.2.19). How do I go
> about keeping up with the rest of the changes though.
> Do you all keep up with the new versions of the core
> programs found in /bin? how current should my system
> be? To me it doesn't seem like the CLI or editing a
> few text files is what scares away new users (me :)),
> it's keeping up with the software. Any advice?
>
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