On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 23:25 +1100, Amos Shapira wrote:
> 2009/10/31 Robert Collins <[email protected]>
> >
> > A small note: if you have Hardy, the ISO won't help, you should upgrade
> > via update-manager -c -d (or wait 6 more months for Lucid which will be
> > a LTS release).
> 
> Speaking of Ubuntu LTS - does anyone see real value in sticking to it?

So LTS is all about stable [e.g. nothing changed that doesn't have to be
changed]. It has the following:
 - regular point releases with kernel updates (giving new hardware
support)
 - security fixes
 - backports are available if you want newer packages on a per package
basis.

Many many things improve in every release, but there is always the
chance that something will regress - and sound and video support are
particular risk points.

I generally encourage users that have the resources to run
latest-release always, users with particularly large deployments (those
where a refresh takes years to deploy) to run LTS, and users that want
to contribute to run ubuntu+1 as soon as an alpha is available.

-Rob

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