What David Kaiser said. Also, whether or not using LTS releases for ubuntu, all of them update software no matter what. I did upgrades from 6.06-7.10-8.04 on PPC and it went flawless, and I did 8.04-8.10-9.04 on x86 and it also went flawless.
Of course snags can happen and do happen, but from what I've seen the occurrence of that is pretty slim. If someone chooses a rocky path, he/she must be willing to accept the hurdles and be able to resolve the issues that come with it. On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Randall Whitman <[email protected]>wrote: > > > In my mind - this is one of the most obvious advantages of using Ubuntu. > > Whether or not you need LTS, the system still offers an automated > > updating system, which keeps the system current - and also provides a > > 2-or-3 click Upgrade path when a new release is available. > > > > If I were providing Linux-installation services, I would certainly > > hesitate to install something (for any customer) which couldn't > > automatically update security certificates or essential applications. > > Right, we recommend Ubuntu-LTS, unless a different distro is > specifically requested. We did update the employee workstation here > from 7.10 to 8.04 without incident, but i'm still a little gun-shy > about distro Upgrade. Sure, we can work around any snags that may > occur, but non-techie users may not. Is there any info on what > proportion of click-click-click upgrades go smoothly? 95%? 99%? > 99.99999%? > http://www.google.com/search?q=snags+in+ubuntu+upgrade > > Randall > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
