2009/11/2 Del
> One of the things that the stable distros tend to miss out on is having the
> latest updated device drivers. What it sounds like you're doing is trying to
> get stuff working that while not bleeding-edge, probably does require updated
> kernels and recent device drivers. So it
On Mon, Nov 02, 2009, Robert Collins wrote:
> Ubuntu LTS gets 6 monthly driver-only updates :).
Which can be a good and bad thing.
Adrian, who has been bitten once or twice in the past from the driver
updates to LTS. Stupid SCSI firmware.
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On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 11:14 +1100, Del wrote:
>
> One of the things that the stable distros tend to miss out on is
> having
> the latest updated device drivers. What it sounds like you're doing
> is
> trying to get stuff working that while not bleeding-edge, probably
> does
> require updated k
Amos Shapira wrote:
The goal of trying to stick with LTS was to get a stable system - one
where Skype will work with my webcam, mic and speaker, Firefox won't
blow up on me and play Flash. I'm now with 9.04 which took a while to
get Speaker working and mic doesn't work, I don't know whether it's
2009/11/1 Robert Collins :
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS
>
> To get the LTS updated a 'stable release update' is needed - SRU:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates. When an individual fix is
> backported its called an SRU - see below for 'backports', which is a
> whole other thing.
Thank
On Sun, 2009-11-01 at 13:03 +1100, Amos Shapira wrote:
> That's generally what I'd expect, based on my experience with Debian
> and CentOS, and why I tried to stick to it - I usually don't care
> about having latest versions (as long as the current one does the job)
> and I don't have too much sp
2009/10/31 Robert Collins :
> On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 23:25 +1100, Amos Shapira wrote:
>> Speaking of Ubuntu LTS - does anyone see real value in sticking to it?
>
> So LTS is all about stable [e.g. nothing changed that doesn't have to be
> changed]. It has the following:
> - regular point releases w
On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 23:25 +1100, Amos Shapira wrote:
> 2009/10/31 Robert Collins
> >
> > A small note: if you have Hardy, the ISO won't help, you should upgrade
> > via update-manager -c -d (or wait 6 more months for Lucid which will be
> > a LTS release).
>
> Speaking of Ubuntu LTS - does anyo
2009/10/31 Robert Collins
>
> A small note: if you have Hardy, the ISO won't help, you should upgrade
> via update-manager -c -d (or wait 6 more months for Lucid which will be
> a LTS release).
Speaking of Ubuntu LTS - does anyone see real value in sticking to it?
I tried to stick to Hardy becau
