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thenixedreport

Jan 11, 2008
9:11 PM EST 		I don't see too much of a difference, with the exception of some cosmetic changes and a desktop search utility added. Ah well. It's still in Alpha anyway.
azerthoth

Jan 12, 2008
4:10 PM EST 		that implies Ubuntu releases ever make it past Alpha states.
thenixedreport

Jan 12, 2008
11:16 PM EST 		"that implies Ubuntu releases ever make it past Alpha states."

Careful now.... those are flame-war-starting words ya' know. ;)
jdixon

Jan 13, 2008
4:49 AM EST 		> Careful now....

Agreed. I think it's safe to say that at least one of the Ubuntu releases so far has been of beta quality. :)
Steven_Rosenber

Jan 16, 2008
8:34 PM EST 		8.04 is supposed to be a "Long Term Support" release, so presumably it'll be less alpha and more beta, getting more stable over its 3-year life. I've been running the last LTS (6.06) a bit lately, and it works quite well.

That said, I'm not so hot on the six-month release cycle of Ubuntu. I was happy to see a lot of new packages with 7.10 that really worked with my hardware, but I had enough problems to drive me back into the arms of Debian -- for now, anyway. I do plan to give 8.04 a try. I think Ubuntu is still on the rise in terms of popularity and profile, and I want to keep an eye on it.
rijelkentaurus

Jan 17, 2008
2:00 AM EST
Quoting: That said, I'm not so hot on the six-month release cycle of Ubuntu.


I prefer the attitude of Debian, Mepis, PCLOS and really most other distros....

"What? It ain't ready yet! Come back later..."

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