Adding $0.01 or 2. On Tuesday 04 December 2007, Porkchop wrote: > On 04/12/07 13:54 -0500, Phil M Perry wrote: > > I currently have Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Long Term Support, I believe). What is > > practical difference between "LTS" and non-LTS versions? Is there enough > > of an improvement in 7.10 to warrant upgrading? I'm not experiencing any > > problems with 6.06 right now. > > Should you upgrade? Well if you're more interested in a stable system > than trying out new widgets (and many people are -- rightly so), then > no. You're fine until 2009 or so. After that point, you'll have no > [easy] way to patch for security holes being discovered.
I think the short answer is that you don't need to upgrade unless you find a compelling reason to do so. I don't personally know of a compelling reason, but I also don't use a lot of the newer fancy Beryl/Compiz composite display capabilities, so I haven't bothered to upgrade the one box I have Ubuntu 6.06 LTS on. I'm assuming that at the End-Of-Life of 6.06 LTS that it will be possible to upgrade to the next LTS version, similar to how Debian Stable machines are upgraded between Stable versions. Some of the Ubuntu dist-upgrades have been a little rough. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Dec 5 - Open Source Show and Tell Jan 2 - TBD Feb 6 - DBUS Mar 5 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using Linux
