[PlanetCCRMA] Fedora Core 3 or 4?

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 12:47, Turkay Guner wrote:
> I wonder this too, i already have fc3 do i need fc4? Will it mess the
> PlanetCCRMA packages if i go for the upgrade?

Not all packages available in fc3 have been built on fc4, see:
  http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/fc4buildstatus.html

-- Fernando

> On 8/11/05, Nathaniel Virgo <nathaniel.virgo@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Hopefully this weekend I will finally find time to format my hard drive
> > and reinstall everything from scratch (this seems like the sanest way to
> > upgrade from FC1 and also gives a much-needed opportunity for a good
> > clean-out).  The question is, should I go for Fedora Core 4 and be a bit
> > more future-proof or will I be risking instability?  I'm hoping that in
> > the near future the system will be used for live performances using
> > SuperCollider so stability is pretty important, and also I'd like to be
> > back up and running as quickly and painlessly as possible so I can get
> > straight back to being creative.  On the other hand, being able to have
> > the latest versions of non-Planet stuff like the Gimp would be sweet.
> > 
> > So what's the state of play with FC4 as regards staility and ease of
> > installation at the moment?