I have noticed for some time that in the open community the push to have the latest and greatest is alive and growing. If you have used Gentoo you know that Emerging is as common as a left-click. Windows is constantly updating something. Most Linux distros are set up to check for updates by default. Is software that buggy? I have to admit, I have been beating my hd with lots of new distros and the like. I setteled on Bianca KDE because I like it. I tried Dream but it crashed with each update, so did Gutsy, Sabayon and so on. There are some distros still using the 2.4 kernel and it feels wierd to even try them. So, are we obsessed with progress or is this the path we must take to develop our software?
When is good enough enough?
Are you an update addict?
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Are you an update addict?
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oh yes...Kaizen
Sometimes we get ahead of ourselves and improvements just make things worse. I no longer have a cell phone, I feel just fine. We do need to improve but the exponential pattern or "law" does not coincide with human evolutionary development. My 65 year-old truck is more dependable than my late model car. In our Linux world for example, we laugh at MS Vista's wonderful doodads because we have used them if not wrote them years ago.
I don't mean that everyone should stop and be happy, I personally adapt to change quickly and enthusiastically. I just think some people can't enjoy what they have long enough to appreciate the future. My personal plight. I am trying to watch the world with patient and caring eyes. You would be scared
to death at what you might see, I am.
Sometimes we get ahead of ourselves and improvements just make things worse. I no longer have a cell phone, I feel just fine. We do need to improve but the exponential pattern or "law" does not coincide with human evolutionary development. My 65 year-old truck is more dependable than my late model car. In our Linux world for example, we laugh at MS Vista's wonderful doodads because we have used them if not wrote them years ago.
I don't mean that everyone should stop and be happy, I personally adapt to change quickly and enthusiastically. I just think some people can't enjoy what they have long enough to appreciate the future. My personal plight. I am trying to watch the world with patient and caring eyes. You would be scared
to death at what you might see, I am.
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Very interesting discussion. I like the examples given here. The example of the old car was a fine example and I can relate to it very well!
I can relate this to Linux as well. I enjoy using the latest. greatest as far as security updates. Often a security update makes the system more secure and fixes a memory leak, so the system is improved.
However with Gnome, 2.18.1 makes better use of system memory than 2.20.0. The difference in the two is not worth it to me right now to update Gnome. Currently my system uses 94.2 MB of RAM at start up. If I use Gnome 2.20.0 the same system uses over 230 MB of memory at start up.
I experiment with new kernels quite often too. So far I have found that the kernel is often faster and better with each release. The new cfs kernels for example, increase graphics card speeds by 20%.
I guess that all in all, I would have to consider myself an update addict.
I can relate this to Linux as well. I enjoy using the latest. greatest as far as security updates. Often a security update makes the system more secure and fixes a memory leak, so the system is improved.
However with Gnome, 2.18.1 makes better use of system memory than 2.20.0. The difference in the two is not worth it to me right now to update Gnome. Currently my system uses 94.2 MB of RAM at start up. If I use Gnome 2.20.0 the same system uses over 230 MB of memory at start up.
I experiment with new kernels quite often too. So far I have found that the kernel is often faster and better with each release. The new cfs kernels for example, increase graphics card speeds by 20%.
I guess that all in all, I would have to consider myself an update addict.