Maybe this is just a dup. An annoying fact of Ubuntu desktop is that I always get rotten FOSS apps.
For example, I'm a big fan of LibreOffice. When I notice that a new version is released. I can always easily install the latest version to my Mac OS X box. In Ubuntu, however, I have to use PPA. I try to minimize PPA usage because: 1. PPA is easy to add but hard to remove later. ppa-purge helps a litte but it is still possible to have a messy system in the end of the day. 2. PPA may not available for all supported releases. 12.04 should have most PPA supported currently, But I also run 10.04. Well, for the LibreOffice case, it's nice that they already provide DEBs. However, using upstream package may lose Ubuntu customization and may not able to be automatically upgraded later on. My hope is, all major FOSS apps like LibO, GIMP (I'm also waiting for GIMP 2.8 on 12.04) receives upgrades when a new upstream version is available. Currently, such practice is only done with Firefox from my observation. Thank you in advance. -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
