2011/3/1 John A. Sullivan III <[email protected]>: > On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 11:34 +0200, Eero Volotinen wrote: >> 2011/3/1 John A. Sullivan III <[email protected]>: >> > On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 11:23 +0200, Eero Volotinen wrote: >> > <snip> >> >> UBuntu lts is now very attractive to desktops, because of long support >> >> and it is also possible to buy support from canonical. >> > <snip> >> > That's what we first thought but it may not be what you expect. We >> > assumed that LTS meant that applications would be refreshed to the >> > latest versions and new applications would be added. If I recall >> > correctly, that is not true. LTS will patch bugs but will not introduce >> > major applications updates or new applications. Please correct me if I >> > am wrong - John >> >> LTS = long term support, not latest software. > <snip> > Yes, exactly, so it develops the same problem as RHEL as a desktop where > the applications can grow quite old for desktop usage. As server may > not mind a two year old version of OpenOffice or Firefox but a desktop > probably does - John
Well, do you want stable and secure desktop or running on bleeding edge? Are you really talking about enterprise environment with over 1000+ desktops installed? How about maintenance on bleeding edge software? It can be really pain in the .. -- Eero -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
