--- In [email protected], "G.LinuxDucks" <g.linuxducks@...> wrote:
>
> <<<10.04 is the LTS version right? >>>
> Yes it is. The next Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Suport) is 12.04 due April, I 
> believe. It will be supported for five years this time is reported.

If Ubuntu is even around 5 years from now. The history of Linux is full of here 
today gone tomorrow distribution stories. After what I just saw happen to 
Kubuntu I'd have to say the fate of Ubuntu as a whole is even more precarious 
than that of some other amateur maintained distributions.

It's a jungle, not always a kind one either. There is an excellent chance I'll 
still be running Linux 5 years from now, what distribution though I've honestly 
no idea. I'm souring somewhat of what I am running today in fact. I think I 
want to get back to a simpler setup that allows me finer grained control than 
deb based systems seem to provide easily.

I am finding my setups are much more static today than they were in the past so 
maybe package management isn't nearly as important for me as it used to be? If 
this is the case it would be a paradigm shift from my earlier philosophy that 
would greatly impact my distribution choice.

I have to be honest lately I've been finding updates more annoying than 
anything else. New useful software isn't even coming out at a pace that makes 
complicated package management worthwhile for me to deal with either. What I'm 
saying is once I've a system laid up how I like it I prefer it to stay as is.

Really, if I wanted to be forced to change my OS every 5 years I'd run Windows 
:)



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