Re: RC 1 is out

houghi wrote:

Michael Soibelman wrote:
A friend is letting (paying !) me to install 11.0 on his notebook. It's
a Mac !!

1. I will have it ( the computer) around the 10th-15th. Will there be
another RC by then ?

Look at the website. I am too lazy to do it for you.

2. Will I have any problems installing on the Mac ?
(Yes I know to use the PPC Kernel !)

Yes/No. Please tell us what was the correct answer. My crystal ball is
broken.

3. Are the same Repo's available for the PPC or is there a whole other
list of repo's to use ?

Yes and No. Depends on the repo.

4. Can I install the RC (1 or 2) and then just do an online update to
get the Final Release installed ?

Probably, although RC is not a final product, so it might not work.
So a deffinat maybe here.

Please understand that a RC is NOT intended to be installed on machines
that will be used. Why do you hate your friend so much that you would
want him to run software that is unfinished?

The fact that you even dare to take money to install something that is
not a finished product is almost a crime against humanity.

Please do NOT install anything on machines that need to be running when
the product isn't officially released. Especialy if that PC isn't yours.
Tell him that he can either run 10.3 or wait a bit and run 11.0.
Also tell him this if he wants to run an unfinished 11.0 RC, he will be
not getting any support from you or from anybody.

Friends don't let friends run Alpha, Beta or RC software.

houghi

O.K. :-)

This is really all I wanted to know. I'll just have him wait until 11.0 is
released. I'll use your esteemed intellect to enforce my opinion that
patience in matters of software releases is worth it to the consumer..

No I haven't installed ANY beta or RC software on someone else's computer
EVER !! That's why I asked about updating to final release. So I'll/he'll
wait !

Yes I was being lazy not looking up the release schedule.

Whenever I have any doubts about installing something I always wait for your
kind, benevolent remarks to set the record straight !

As for the money part...well I'd do it for free but I've done that before on
numerous computers of his in the past. I not only will be installing 11.0
but I'll do a lot of tweaks too. Probably will spend 3-4 days of my time
to add extras that he wouldn't even know about but will use. Also, a lot
of time pre-configuring. When all is said and done I'll only be charging
~$2.00-$3.00/hour. Not too much in my opinion.

P.S. Thanks for setting me straight...again. What was I thinking ?

LOL :-)
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