George Borusiewich - Problems with upgrades

[David Curtis]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:55:12 -0500
JohnD <johnd1974 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey,
> 
> I had serious problems with upgrades myself, I think that ubuntu is evolving
> so fast that much of the software which runs on it can't keep up (i.e.
> skype) and perhaps they are cutting corners and leaving us with a few too
> many bugs, IDK. One of the biggest curiosities about software and computers
> in general is that everything always works: it doesn't, and ubuntu is built
> so well that we all forget that and get bitten especially badly when it
> won't.
> 
> I downgraded back to Feisty Fawn and haven't had any problems since
> excepting a few minimal bugs. 

Support in terms of security upgrades was stopped in Oct. of last year.

http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition/benefits/lifecycle

> In a few years I expect that all these problems will be ironed out, with Linux they can be as  > it's so well conceived.

Let's hope for Apr. of this year, as 6.06LTS (desktop) & 7.10 will stop being supported in favour of 8.04LTS & 8.10. 9.04 will also be introduced.
 
> I hope you stay with it, but if Windows works better for you at present,
> take a break and come back in the near future when we're running smoother.

Or try and fix the problems, yourself or with others help, thats us :), and remember why you switched in the first place. Security, the ability to get into the innards of the OS and tweak it the way you want, a huge amount of good free software that won't screw with your setup or take over your system, and freedom from the oppression of content providers proprietary crap(DRM), etc. 

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David Curtis <dcurtis at uniserve.com>