gav wrote: > On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 12:41:08PM +0000, Bruce Beardall wrote: >> I think you raise some important concerns, Alan. As a Gnome user, I can't >> really say I've had much recent experience beyond a cursory glance at KDE 4 >> but I think this leads to an interesting question: >> >> If we're to advocate Linux [and as far as this list is concerned, Ubuntu] >> should we be concentrating our advocacy on the LTS release? It's all too >> easy for anyone on this list to get carried away with the latest and >> greatest but the vast majority of those we're trying to introduce Linux to >> are used to the years between each Windows release. Should we be >> concentrating on introducing them to a release which is intended to be >> around for a number of years and expected to have a certain level of >> stability and accessibility? > > > As the last couple of releases have had a bumpy start I've been putting LTS > versions, currently 8.04.1 Ubuntu on new installs for people recently. > > I think I'll stick with the 8.04.1 Ubuntu disc for a while yet. > > This does ask the question of why the latest releases have had a bumpy start, > is the new features cut off coming too late? is it not being tested on a wide > enough variety of hardware? Or is it something else? > > Everything seems to be patched quite quickly and a .1 release seems to follow > shortly that solves most of the release day problems. > > Should we be advising people to wait a week, or even a month before upgrading > to a new version of Ubuntu?
I notice that when regular updates arrive and are completed, there is always a prominent notice saying 'New Version Available' Version Upgrade - Click here! or similar. I usually resist this temptation until I know I am actually ready for the show, which is sometimes an ok non event - a very smooth ride. However, if I am faced with glitches or unexpected consequences, I can hopefully cope. But one of the elderly people I help with ubuntu/Kubuntu (aged 85) did on one occasion click the Version upgrade innocently going from LTS 6.06 to the next version, and there were a few problems - which I later caught up with ok, but it did make me think. My current inclination is to consider getting such users to have a non sudo account, but I would still wish them to do security updates themselves, but not version upgrades. Will think on this some more. -- alan cocks Ubuntu user Linux user #360648 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
