[Malvern] Mandrake Update?

[Jonathan Melhuish]

> I've got a Mandrake 9.0 box that I need to use on the net so I'd kind of  
> like to upgrade it to at least the latest security patches.  Is this a  
> simple process?  Is it likely to work or should I just netinstall Sarge  
> on it and be done with it?

I've never managed to get the Mandrake Update thing to work, personally,  
although admittedly I haven't used Mandrake for a couple of years now.   
Perhaps others have had more success?  I'd love to go back to Mandrake if  
only they added automatic dependency resolution and updating, a la APT.

If you're just using it as a server then go for Debian, it's not worth the  
hassle trying with Mandrake.  However, I have found Debian to be a lot  
more unfriendly on the desktop; there are less handy little utilities and  
it kinda expects you to know vaugely what you're doing!  :-(

Cheers,

Jon