That is too bad- I have had nothing but success with 10.04. Very stable, ubuntu and kubuntu both. Installed on more than 5 different pc's. D
--- In [email protected], "loyal_barber" <loyal_bar...@...> wrote: > > See below. > > --- In [email protected], Roy <linuxcanuck@> wrote: > > > > Choosing a distro is like finding a good pair of shoes. > > Huge <snip> > > > You cannot skip versions. > > Yes you can. You just may not be able to use the "Upgrade" tool > included with the distro to do your upgrade. I have not found > these "upgrade" programs to be stable anyway. Here is my experience: > I ran Ubuntu 9.04 until 10.04 LTS came out. At that point I used > the included upgrade tool to go from 9.04 to 9.10. Everything worked > great. Ran it a couple of days then did the 9.10 to 10.04 upgrade. > Total disaster. The system would not even boot. Ended up having > to install 10.04 clean. BTW there were problems there too but I > get to those below. > > > > You should know this up front. If > > you want stability then install 10.04 and not 10.10. > > > > I could not disagree with this statement more. In general, what he > is saying is true. 10.04 is a long term support version so it should > be viable for three years. My experience is that 10.04 is just a > bad release. Canonical, the Ubuntu folks by committing to a six > month release cycle have been notorious for putting out some > really bad releases. 10.04 IMO is one of these. They tried to > change a lot for 10.04 and the release has much to be desired in > terms of functionality and stability. I believe they finally got > it right with 10.10. When I did my clean install on 10.04 it again > crapped out and would not boot. Not to be deterred, I tried > installing it on a different machine a laptop. It took me three > tries before I got it to work and then only because I used an > external monitor on the laptop I was using. The new graphical > welcome screen simply would not display on the internal laptop > panel. On my desktop machine, I never found a way to get past this > so I went with a Beta version of 10.10 which installed flawlessly. > On my desktop where I use Ubuntu, I eventually re-installed the > 10.10 final release. For me, 10.04 was just a flawed release and > that is too bad since it is an LTS release. I highly recommend > against using it or any distro based on it. > > > > <snip> > > > > Roy > > > > Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit > > Location: Canada > > <snip> > <LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>, > > > "rkzbos" <jackrossini@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I am interested in learning and running Linux on my PC, but their are > > > many choices to choose from when if comes to which Linux version or Distro > > > to get. > > > > > > > > To help narrow it down to my needs, I need a Linux OS for general use > > > > and > > > that it doesn't causes me to up grade every 6 months. > > > > Can someone help explain to me or find information about the differences > > > of the Linux Distros. > > > > > > > > rkzbos > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
