Why?
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| Author | Content |
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| GERGE Apr 27, 2012 5:13 AM EDT |
If you are not going to use Unity, why use Ubuntu? |
| montezuma Apr 27, 2012 9:30 AM EDT |
Because it has a large team of very good developers on the Canonical payroll. Such folks fix up a lot of problems. |
| vainrveenr Apr 27, 2012 9:51 AM EDT |
Quoting:If you are not going to use Unity, why use Ubuntu? Perhaps the same question could also be asked in a reverse fashion regarding non-Unity DE's. For example, Quoting:If you are going to use KDE/XFCE/LXDE, why use the non-Canonical 'buntu variants Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Lubuntu ? |
| caitlyn Apr 27, 2012 11:54 AM EDT |
@montezuma: It is well documented that, other than LTS releases, Canonical devs do NOT fix bugs during a release cycle. That's Canonical policy. Fixes go into the next version. It's one of the main reasons I consider Ubuntu a poor choice for me. |
| GERGE Apr 27, 2012 12:19 PM EDT |
There is nothing wrong with using Xubuntu, but taking Xubuntu and installing KDE on top of it? And that it the day after the release, not after using it for months. |
| montezuma Apr 27, 2012 8:48 PM EDT |
Caitlyn, But they do fix things eventually and I upgrade every 6 months. Works for me however YMMV I find usually after an upgrade that there are a number of annoyances that I sort out after a week or so and then things are pretty stable for the next 5 or so months. |
| Steven_Rosenber Apr 27, 2012 9:41 PM EDT |
Does Ubuntu really fix things during an LTS release. Really? |
| vainrveenr Apr 27, 2012 10:20 PM EDT |
Quoting:Does Ubuntu really fix things during an LTS release. Really? Another factor to consider is which particular Ubuntu-based distro, e.g., Linux Mint, becomes the first to successfully fix major "things"/"annoyances"; this distro compared to Ubuntu's upcoming fixes for one of its own LTS's. |
| caitlyn Apr 27, 2012 10:52 PM EDT |
Ubuntu does fix LTS releases, but not the six month releases in between. Montezuma: I can't live six months with broken crap and jury rigged work-arounds. |
| montezuma Apr 27, 2012 11:10 PM EDT |
Caitlyn Fair enough, Doesn't bother me much. I just tinker a bit. I guess if you want a higher degree of stability then you stick to LTS or Debian |
| caitlyn Apr 28, 2012 1:25 AM EDT |
...or Red Hat and it's clones or openSUSE or... |
| montezuma Apr 28, 2012 9:01 AM EDT |
Well for me I prefer not to jump around that much. I am happy with apt-get etc I personally think distro hopping is overrated. The differences between different distros are not huge and it is better to stick with what you are familiar. That way you tend to be more technically competent. |
| Fettoosh Apr 28, 2012 11:20 AM EDT |
Quoting:Well for me I prefer not to jump around that much. I am happy with apt-get etc I have the same opinion as @montezuma, but I keep my options open by periodically testing other Distros. in case a different one makes a big jump ahead all others. |
| DrGeoffrey Apr 28, 2012 12:03 PM EDT |
Or in case my preferred distro suffers a catastrophic loss of developers, or mass insanity, or . . . Given that there is no hope of MS ever compensating me for my lost time, files, or free tech support to Windows sheeple, I will not make the same mistake again. |
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