reub2000
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join:2001-12-28
Evanston, IL | reply to Gomez
Re: Disadvantages of a rolling release distro?
With Ubuntu you still have about another year of support for Jaunty. So you could continue to use Jaunty if that currently works and still get security updates.
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Selenia
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| That is what I was trying to get across to him. Such a release structure provides you clear choices as to how your machine updates. LTS for a stable environment where the newest is not necessary. Definitely a plus for a production environment. Then the current release for those who don't need a static config that goes awhile before changing, but want stability. In this case, only vital updates are done. Support is shorter-lived. Then there is the betas. Keep up with those and you'll regularly get bleeding-edge updates. Some may break some systems. Doing this is almost like rolling updates, and will keep the dist-upgrade changes less than normal, as to how drastic they are. Of course, you can customize this much further by adding third party repositories. Example: The machine I'm posting from is running current stable(Karmic) but is tracking the bleeding edge graphics drivers and wine versions from repos I added. This works best for a gamer like me =)
btw, I wonder if he missed my reply to that FUD post he linked(I was the first to reply in that one). I know the OP of the thread had no bad intentions, but the authors at the register should know better. Shame on them! |
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T0rn
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join:2001-05-11
USA
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said by Gomez  :Massive upgrades confuse the user as they have no knowledge of the inter-dependancies. That's sort of the impression I got. After the release of Ubuntu 9.10 and openSUSE 11.2 (even on fresh installs), I felt like I got hit by a shotgun blast of new features, enhancements, bugs, and conflicts all in one delicious mixture. Of course, over time, I'm sure I'll be as happy as I was on the earlier versions of each distro, but it is still something to note.
"I can't seem to get this program to work anymore."
"Oh? What was the last thing you updated?"
"...everything."
Selenia does make a good point about the flexibility of version releases. But it seems that most problems occur when upgrading/switching from one version to the next (as opposed to sticking with a specific version and simply applying updates.) |
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