[ubuntu-za] upgrade or not

Vijay Makanjee vijay at ergo.co.za
Wed Oct 22 08:42:12 BST 2008


I don't mind the change on my PCs. It is my ibook g3 that concerns me. 
Some time ago, I got Hardy working well on it with relatively no 
hiccups. Prior to that the pain of moving to Fiesty (on the ibook) was 
enough to make me a moody shit. I want to avoid that!

Vijay Makanjee
Ergo | P O Box 19801 | Tecoma 5214 | South Africa
Ph +2782 6014353 | Fax: 0866563858
vijay at ergo dot co dot za


Denham Coote wrote:
> Though there have been point releases to 8.04, the feeling I got was 
> that many people thought it was rushed (and included a bunch of beta 
> releases).  I'll be moving up to 8.10.
> Also, bear in mind that the 6-month release still gives you 18 months 
> support. See http://www.ubuntu.com/products/ubuntu/release-cycle for more.
> 
> Denham.
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Vijay Makanjee <vijay at ergo.co.za 
> <mailto:vijay at ergo.co.za>> wrote:
> 
>     Given that the new ubuntu is about to be formally released, what advice
>     can you give me. Should one upgrade from an LTS to a 6-monthly changed
>     version?
> 
>     Vijay Makanjee
>     Ergo | P O Box 19801 | Tecoma 5214 | South Africa
>     Ph +2782 6014353 | Fax: 0866563858
>     vijay at ergo dot co dot za
> 
> 



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