[SWLUG] difference between .04 and .10 of ubuntu

[Colin Law]

On 17 April 2010 16:56, Write Me <stephanos at writeme.com> wrote:
> Dear All
>
> I have recently moved to Kubuntu 9.10 from Kubuntu 9.04.
>
> Some very simple things do not work as well.  9.10 is using OO 3.1 but
> the display in the status bar does not show all the info it should, such
> as the page number and total number of pages.
>
> There are other things as well.  I have never really understood beta
> versions either.  At the moment I am thinking of going back to 9.04.
>
> I thought I would ask if there is an intended difference between these
> two version each time they are released.  Perhaps .10 is some kind of
> test and things are ironed out by the next .04?  Or is each new version
> intended to be an improvement on the last?
>
> The occurrence of simple things no longer working is too reminiscent of
> Windows and I hope it is just my understanding that needs to be improved.
>
> Any information appreciated

I don't know whether you might be seeing this kde issue -
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=107945.  Certainly I
have no such problems in Ubuntu.  It might be worth trying the ubuntu
users mailing list at
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users if no joy here.

Colin