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Topic: How does the new iso compare to Statler ?

Just curious, still using the last release. Wondering what the #! community thinks of the latest one ? Worth the time to upgrade or ... ? Not sure how Corenominal could possibly improve on #!'s last release ... tis software perfection and pure gnu/linuxy goodness already. Then guess ... there's always room for improvement. So anything's possible. wink

Thoughts, opinions and experiences welcome ... Thanks n advance.

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Re: How does the new iso compare to Statler ?

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My advice and general consensus is if you are happy with what you have , keep it...  especially of your are on Stable/Statler..  this release is more about trimming things down/out than anything else...

Having said that, I think this release runs smoother with considerably less heat, cpu and ram usage..

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Re: How does the new iso compare to Statler ?

welcome back Cbizgreat.  I agree with VastOne's statement.

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Re: How does the new iso compare to Statler ?

There are a few issues with the point release, mostly related to the SLiM display manager and/or the absence of GDM.  But I'm running it on both my netbook & desktop, and so far it's slicker than snot on both systems.  Bootup is almost insanely fast...

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Re: How does the new iso compare to Statler ?

I am running the point release #!, and it is faster then the previous #!. I have upgrade to sid and changed slim to lightdm.

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Re: How does the new iso compare to Statler ?

I think that if I wanted to track the stable repos, I would probably feel more comfortable sticking with the previous release, as some folks have had issues with backports. But I actually prefer to track testing or unstable, so I just removed the backports repos entirely anyway. Other than that, there are some minor glitches that you may or may not have with the new release, but all of them should be things that can be resolved, and I really like the new release and feel like it's more polished than the previous one (although others may point to the backports and SLiM issues and disagree).

Other reasons not to upgrade that I can think of would be if you run Xfce (since there's no longer a #! Xfce release) or if your current system is working fine and doing everything that you need it to do.

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Re: How does the new iso compare to Statler ?

I was undecided for awhile, but I finally decided to upgrade (#1 10 feb -> #1 10 nov) during a
slow period (new year weekend).   The latest #! is definitely faster than the feb. release of #!.
I would try a liveCD and make sure everything works.  And then decide whether you want to "jump"
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Re: How does the new iso compare to Statler ?

Thanks for the feedback. Sounds like there are some improvements for many users. With Corenominal devoting more time to the distro would be shocked if there weren't. Been awhile since I've been participating in the famed #! community. But it's always nice hearing what you gals/guys think of things.

Probably going to hold off or put the new release on a testing partition for awhile ... eventually. Anyway again thanks for the input and advice.

Some common cbiz abbreviations. This will save me time and yet @ same time tell folks what the babble is supposed to mean.

Vll ! = ( Viva la gnu/Linux !)    Vl#!! = ( Viva la #! !)    Last but not least, UD ... OD ! = ( Use Debian ... or die !) tongue