Hi,
I just want to point out a recent article on LWN.net (just appeared on
LXer.com) that discusses this topic. It's an interesting read, as are
some of the comments further down.
http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/239036/1aa78524ec856b60/
Steve
On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 17:48 +0100, Chris Jones wrote:
>
Chris Jones wrote:
> Hi
>
> Tony Travis wrote:
>> I use 6.06.1 LTS for the reasons you state.
>> I rest my case ;-)
>
> I was only disagreeing with you in the situation where the user's
> hardware is too new for the current LTS release, sorry, I wasn't
> especially clear about that.
Hello, Chris
Hi
Tony Travis wrote:
> Are there any 'point' releases of the current LTS planned?
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2006-November/022542.html
I've not seen any more recent communications about it, but I may well
have missed something.
> It might resolve some hardware problems if n
Hi
Tony Travis wrote:
> I use 6.06.1 LTS for the reasons you state.
> I rest my case ;-)
I was only disagreeing with you in the situation where the user's
hardware is too new for the current LTS release, sorry, I wasn't
especially clear about that.
Cheers,
--
Chris Jones
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Chris Jones wrote:
> Hi
>
> Tony Travis wrote:
>> I don't dispute that, but what's the purpose of the LTS distribution?
>
> to be supported for a long time. If you bought a server or a workstation
> last year and want it to run for a few years and not have to worry
> about upgrading the whole OS
Hi
Tony Travis wrote:
> I don't dispute that, but what's the purpose of the LTS distribution?
to be supported for a long time. If you bought a server or a workstation
last year and want it to run for a few years and not have to worry
about upgrading the whole OS, an LTS release is perfect.
Chee
Chris Jones wrote:
> [...]
> That's not always true, e.g. Dapper is already old enough that it
> struggles on newer hardware.
Hello, Chris.
I don't dispute that, but what's the purpose of the LTS distribution?
Best wishes,
Tony.
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Hi
Tony Travis wrote:
> important. However, the 'backports' repository also means you can have
> the latest software under LTS if you want it. I would not recommend the
some of the (almost) latest software, maybe. backports repositories
certainly don't have everything and they are far less test
Chris Jones wrote:
> Hi
>
> Tony Travis wrote:
>> Believe me, Debian/Ubuntu is much, much easier to upgrade!
>
> That doesn't excuse regressions. I'm sure the QA team would love more
> help in reporting, tracking and solving them :)
>
> I would have to agree with norman though - FOSS brings peop
Hi
Tony Travis wrote:
> Believe me, Debian/Ubuntu is much, much easier to upgrade!
That doesn't excuse regressions. I'm sure the QA team would love more
help in reporting, tracking and solving them :)
I would have to agree with norman though - FOSS brings people a lot of
advantages and features
< big, big snip >
> Thank you for the encouragement. You're right, I'm elderly (and now
> sllow-witted), rural dwelling and socially immobile and therefore
> isolated. Most of the local LUG list is technically far above me but
> I live on in the belief that a direct query to a Ubuntu list will
Quoting alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> I'm happy to give Ubuntu to anyone I know - I know that I'm going
>> to have less hassles than I get with the windows boxes I've
>> installed!
>
> That is great! Unfortunately most of the non technical people I know
> would not even know what USB, or a
Robin Menneer wrote:
> On 21/06/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:41:53 +0100, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>> >> Tony Travis wrote:
>> >>> alan c wrote:
>> norman wrote:
>> > I believe that the very laudable
On 21/06/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Robin Menneer wrote:
> On 21/06/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:41:53 +0100, alan c <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>> >> Tony Travis wrote:
>> >>> alan c wrote:
>> norma
< big snip >
> I got Ubuntu loaded on my machine because I was led to believe that
> the updates that I gratefully receive are distributed in order to
> keep my software healthy, I have thought that Ubuntu is reliable,
> free and friendly - apparently not ?
> I'm not interested in comparing w
Robin Menneer wrote:
> On 21/06/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:41:53 +0100, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>> >> Tony Travis wrote:
>> >>> alan c wrote:
>> norman wrote:
>> > I believe that the very laudable
On 21/06/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:41:53 +0100, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>> Tony Travis wrote:
>>> alan c wrote:
norman wrote:
> I believe that the very laudable efforts in promoting the use of
>> Ubuntu
> ne
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:41:53 +0100, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Tony Travis wrote:
>>> alan c wrote:
norman wrote:
> I believe that the very laudable efforts in promoting the use of
>> Ubuntu
> need to be tempered with an element of caution. As
Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Tony,
>
> On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 22:41 +0100, Tony Travis wrote:
>> Have you ever upgraded Windows?
>> Or MacOS?
>>
>> Believe me, Debian/Ubuntu is much, much easier to upgrade!
>
> A very good point. I think often we take for granted some of the
> features of Linux (specifi
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:41:53 +0100, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tony Travis wrote:
>> alan c wrote:
>>> norman wrote:
I believe that the very laudable efforts in promoting the use of
> Ubuntu
need to be tempered with an element of caution. As far as I can tell,
the server
Tony Travis wrote:
> alan c wrote:
>> norman wrote:
>>> I believe that the very laudable efforts in promoting the use of Ubuntu
>>> need to be tempered with an element of caution. As far as I can tell,
>>> the server application is well covered and taken care of and my concern
>>> is with the deskt
Hi Tony,
On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 22:41 +0100, Tony Travis wrote:
> Have you ever upgraded Windows?
> Or MacOS?
>
> Believe me, Debian/Ubuntu is much, much easier to upgrade!
A very good point. I think often we take for granted some of the
features of Linux (specifically Ubuntu) that are just light
alan c wrote:
> norman wrote:
>> I believe that the very laudable efforts in promoting the use of Ubuntu
>> need to be tempered with an element of caution. As far as I can tell,
>> the server application is well covered and taken care of and my concern
>> is with the desktop user, of which I am one
norman wrote:
> I believe that the very laudable efforts in promoting the use of Ubuntu
> need to be tempered with an element of caution. As far as I can tell,
> the server application is well covered and taken care of and my concern
> is with the desktop user, of which I am one.
>
> Presumably,
I believe that the very laudable efforts in promoting the use of Ubuntu
need to be tempered with an element of caution. As far as I can tell,
the server application is well covered and taken care of and my concern
is with the desktop user, of which I am one.
Presumably, one of the 'selling' point
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