[ubuntu] Ubuntu Considers “Huge” Change That Would End Traditional Release Cycle

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Link: Ubuntu considers "huge" change that would end traditional release cycle | Ars Technica

 

To see Ogasawara discuss the possible change yourself, check out this video around the 42-minute mark...

 

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[jinnantonnixx]

That's interesting. I've just rolled back from 12.10 to 12.04 (separate /home dir) as 12.10 was simply too buggy on my particular system. I find 12.04 much less buggy.

 

There are a few apps I use (such as Amaya, Qtractor, Rosegarden and Darktable) which are updated more frequently than the stable Ubuntu repos, but backports, PPAs or standalone debs give no problems.

[shadowx]

Doesnt matter, give it a few years and Ubuntu will have about 10 active users. Wont be upgrading my machine to any version of Ubuntu now, once I get bored enough I will switch to something else. Ubuntu sold out to Amazon and Gnome 3/Unity. Utter trash now, shame to say it but it's true

[jinnantonnixx]

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/ReleaseSchedule

 

12.04.02 (LTS) is due next month with backported kernel and graphics dirvers.

[gshaw]

Doesnt matter, give it a few years and Ubuntu will have about 10 active users. Wont be upgrading my machine to any version of Ubuntu now, once I get bored enough I will switch to something else. Ubuntu sold out to Amazon and Gnome 3/Unity. Utter trash now, shame to say it but it's true

 

Moved over to Mint now, Ubuntu just feels clunky now imo

[localzuk]

Moved over to Mint now, Ubuntu just feels clunky now imo

 

Tis what I'm using also. Desktop using KDE and laptop using Fluxbox, and a custom Xsession that purely runs Minecraft to free up as many resources as possible.

[mats]

Moved over to Mint now

 

Same here. 14 Cinnamon is nice.

 

I'm still surprised that Ubuntu didn't think that sending peoples searches to scAmazon wouldn't royally pee people off.

[bladedanny]

...and a custom Xsession that purely runs Minecraft to free up as many resources as possible.

 

Off topic, but I'd be interested in how this was done. Do you have a quick guide for a Linux newb?

[Arthur]

Ubuntu Not Switching to Rolling Release Model

 

Ubuntu will not be switching to a ‘Rolling Release’ model anytime soon, despite recent reports to the contrary.

 

But Ubuntu’s Jono Bacon has revealed that pieces are being put into place‘ to allow such a decision to be made at a later date.

 

The good/bad news (depending on your viewpoint) is that Ubuntu is not switching to a Rolling Release model yet.

 

In fact, Ubuntu Community Manager Jono Bacon goes as far as to say that ‘it would be a disaster’ should it happen right now!

 

But he does concede that switching to it at some point in the future is ‘the right step forward for us [ubuntu] to make.’

 

“What we've done is identify all the work we need to do for 14.04… [and] to put together all the pieces we need, so that we can decide in at a later date’.