Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-05 Thread TT Mooney
On 05/01/15 16:46, TT Mooney wrote: I'm in the process of founding a startup, and even though I've kept my current company as Linux on the desktop shop for 10 years, the startup is going Mac. Because it's easier to maintain -- because the hardware vendor cares about making sure it 'just

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-05 Thread Gibbs
On 05/01/15 16:46, TT Mooney wrote: On 05/01/15 16:12, Gibbs wrote: On 05/01/15 15:25, TT Mooney wrote: So, just getting Ubuntu preinstalled is not enough. And this is why I see Linux Devops people carrying Macs all the time now. It's a bit sad. Seriously? As a devop myself I wouldn't

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: How old is your computer?

2015-01-05 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 5 January 2015 at 17:28, TT Mooney ttmoo...@ttmooney.com wrote: On 05/01/15 16:46, TT Mooney wrote: I'm in the process of founding a startup, and even though I've kept my current company as Linux on the desktop shop for 10 years, the startup is going Mac. Because it's easier to maintain

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-05 Thread TT Mooney
On 05/01/15 17:58, Gibbs wrote: On 05/01/15 16:46, TT Mooney wrote: On 05/01/15 16:12, Gibbs wrote: I love the freedom of Linux, especially on the desktop. The software is mature (albeit there are problems, like at the end of Gnome 2). But hardware that 'just works' with the OS is the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-05 Thread TT Mooney
On 08/12/14 13:53, Alan Pope wrote: On 6 December 2014 at 15:51, George Tripp luggeo...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: I feel it's a pity that Canonical don't collaborate with a supplier to provide PC / laptops which are definitely compatible with Ubuntu. Canonical does. For example there are around

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-05 Thread Daniel Llewellyn
On 5 January 2015 at 15:25, TT Mooney ttmoo...@ttmooney.com wrote: And this is why I see Linux Devops people carrying Macs all the time now. It's a bit sad. yeah, I'm guilty of carrying a mac around, too :-) Work have provided me a nice samsung core-i7 laptop but I still prefer the mac for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-05 Thread David Chatterton
On 5 Jan 2015, at 16:12, Gibbs li...@danielgibbs.net wrote: On 05/01/15 15:56, David Chatterton wrote: I have since upgraded the OS to Ubuntu 14.10 I am curious to know why? As a general rule of thumb you should only upgrade to LTS .1 versions if you are looking for stability. For