On 5 November 2010 13:05, Nikola M <minik...@gmail.com> wrote: > Christopher Chan wrote: > > Ubuntu is currently one big mess and their LTS release policies are > > laughable. Yeah, I have a stable version of Pidgin but it did not do > > Yahoo anymore on Hardy well before Lucid got released. > */Starting ubuntu part../ > > Hi, > I also used to use ubuntu Hardy and I used GetDeb.net software > repository for new software for LTS release. > But problem with that is that people maintaining GetDeb, also chaised > newest Ubuntu release, too, so it was just to pospone and extend > lifecycle of LTS with newer apps till next LTS. > > At the end, I ended up downloading .dsc tar.gz and diff.gz files for > newer packages from newer ubuntu releases and compiling it themselves. > And sometimes i coould satisfy dependencies (with also compiling newer > libraries from newer release etc) but at the end, it came to a halt > because ever newer apps nedded updates of some core libraries that > required.. OS update. So I basically got stuck to latest available app I > could compile as package. > Then there was PPA (personal package archives) with packages of newer > programs and if you ask them nicely, they were making packages, for > older LTS, too. > And Finally I started downloading and using .tar.gz compiled binary > programs from project sites and that was just about when new LTS came. > > */..Ending Ubuntu part/ > > So, About OpenIndiana/Illumos I can conclude this: > For desktop use it is better to have newer distribution/system, even if > it brings some instability on application level (update of newest > security-patched web browser, Office, mail client, etc) > but it is mostly important to have Core OS updated and security patched. >
Instability in production is always a problem thats why some distributions release stable and unstable. > I measure quality of free software distribution, by that how much is it > able to use all newest app with no need to question Core OS update. > And I think that its binary compatibility, OpenSolaris Based > distributions have much better starting position for this matter, > providing community is big enough and continues to grow, for both > Server/CoreOS use and Desktop use with newest applications and > desktop/drivers. > Thats great on a desktop, and thats why server/desktop distributions should be separate. > > So As I understand Server user/CoreOS is function of usability, new > technologies and mainstream use for the things iluumos based > distributions and OpenIndiana are used. > Desktop use rely on CoreOS is usable and running and simly compose > itself of Newest packaging of applications, fine-tuning user experience > (Everyone wants to see how OS "looks like" graphically and those things > interesting for laptops. > So I think OpenIndiana is on right course. > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
