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 tested than main repositories. > latest release of Ubuntu to inexperienced users unless they have help > available from colleagues or friends who do know about Linux, and they That's not always true, e.g. Dapper is already old enough that it struggles on newer hardware. Cheers, -- Chris Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.canonical.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/