[Gloucs] Bad Karma

[Andrew Oakley]

Looks like Dell are of much the same mind about Ubuntu - the LTS
releases are the way forward for the average user. Dell are putting some
manpower into Ubuntu 10.4 LTS development.

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/11/17/dell-shows-ubuntu-1004-lucid-lynx-s
ome-love/

Andrew Oakley
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gloucs-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk 
> [mailto:gloucs-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Sean Keeney
> Sent: 17 November 2009 11:00
> To: Gloucestershire LUG
> Subject: Re: [Gloucs] Bad Karma
> 
> The Ubuntu biannual releases are fantastic as long as you do 
> a reinstall,
> not an upgrade. Just stick your /home directory on its own 
> partition and
> you're good to go.
> 
> There's nothing fundamentally wrong with KK - if we're going to use
> anecdotal evidence as proof it's broken then I can use it to 
> prove it's
> brilliant. My work laptop works out of the box with the most difficult
> hardware ever - some weird ATI Mobility graphics, Broadcom 
> wireless, even
> the hot keys and wireless toggles just work.
> 
> Remember the init script and udev stuff has changed radically 
> in recent
> kernels, I can't imagine how hard that would be to cater for 
> in an upgrade
> situation. Just reinstall and be done with it.
> 
> Sean
> 
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Andrew Oakley 
> <Andrew.Oakley at hesa.ac.uk>wrote:
> 
> > Gerd Busker wrote:
> > > Glyn Davies wrote:
> > > > Any one else having a bad time with Karmic Koala? My laptop
> > > There is something fundamentally wrong with KK.  After
> >
> > I had a hell of a time upgrading from 8.04 to 8.10 so went 
> back to 8.04
> > and stayed there.
> >
> > Ubuntu's LTS (Long Term Support) releases are excellent, 
> especially if
> > you leave it until a couple of months after release. These are 6.06
> > Dapper, 8.04 Hardy and the forthcoming 10.04 Lucid. They 
> work, they stay
> > working for 3-5 years, they get all the updates, and if you want
> > cutting-edge stuff you can usually find it on a Launchpad ppd repo
> > anyway (but remember to uninstall the ppd stuff when you 
> upgrade to the
> > next LTS).
> >
> > I really think Canonical should stop promoting non-LTS releases as
> > anything other than test releases. With a six-month upgrade 
> cycle and
> > only 18 months support, these releases are not suitable for anything
> > other than testing. They're fine as your secondary distro, 
> to see what
> > cutting-edge features are being developed for the next LTS 
> release, but
> > they're not suitable for reliable day-to-day work.
> >
> > LTS releases are the "stable" branch of Ubuntu. The non-LTS 
> releases are
> > unstable.
> >
> > Andrew Oakley
> > Head of Software Development
> > Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
> > 95 Promenade, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50 1HZ
> > T 01242 211460  F 01242 211122  W www.hesa.ac.uk
> >
> >
> >
> >
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