I like the option #1. :)
/charles everytime i get ahead, i feel more dead. On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas <m...@canonical.com>wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > charlesa...@gmail.com wrote on 16/10/11 10:50: > > ... > > > > I do still believe there's something has to change regarding the up > > to date software installation, just like in windows xp, though it's > > old from year 2001, but we still able to install most of the > > latest software on it. Unlike on Ubuntu, to get latest software, we > > have to upgrade the to the current update release, or using an > > unofficial ppa or backport repository, and sometimes the latest one > > is not supported anymore on previous ubuntu release. It's okay to > > upgrade ubuntu one or two machine, but to imagine upgrading 60-75 > > machines, that's a very time consuming process, assumed one pc > > takes 45 minutes to 1 hour long. > > > > ... > > > Vendors provide updated applications for Windows XP because it's easy > to do, and because hundreds of millions of people still use Windows XP. > > The easier it is to provide updated applications for an OS version, > and the more users that version has, the more likely a vendor will do it. > > So, there are three ways to get more application updates for old > Ubuntu versions. > > 1. Make it easier for application developers to provide updates at > all, through developer.ubuntu.com. > > 2. Increase the number of Ubuntu users in general. > > 3. Increase the proportion of Ubuntu users using each version, by > reducing the number of versions in use at any one time. > > - -- > mpt > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk6cLPcACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecovYgCeLG3SQY2tB/9kzxdBUCdNY907 > U1oAoL5mYRxhChnro0emVg7iIF4bacBe > =Gqlv > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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