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From: Joel Koltner on 27 Jan 2010 12:42 <miso(a)sushi.com> wrote in message news:e2d5f854-3dcb-4c77-b36a-4d85b8f2b7b0(a)m16g2000yqc.googlegroups.com... >I don't like the constant upgrading with ubuntu. Every time you turn >around, they have a new "animal" release. I think they do a pretty decent job in appealing to both the "gotta have the latest stuff now!" users with their bi-annual releases as well as the "I just want something that's stable and works" users with the alternative-year releases ("long term support" releases). The problem is that the last LTS edition was 8.04 (April, 2008) and Linux/KDE/Gnome have changed a *lot* since then -- far more than Windows changes in two years. I expect that the upcoming LTS edition this April will be pretty good, and that the pace of change might be slowing a bit. ---Joel
From: JeffM on 27 Jan 2010 14:53 Joel Koltner wrote: >their bi-annual releases > semi-annual
From: Joel Koltner on 27 Jan 2010 15:40 "JeffM" <jeffm_(a)email.com> wrote in message news:ca1e7c0b-b830-42b9-ae16-8fa10856ed18(a)g29g2000yqe.googlegroups.com... > Joel Koltner wrote: >>their bi-annual releases > semi-annual Because with bi-annual it's ambiguous as to whether it's two times a year or every two years? From dictionary.com: bi-an-nu-al -adjective 1. occurring twice a year; semiannual. 2. occurring every two years; biennial. Hmm... seems like a word to avoid... ---Joel
From: JeffM on 27 Jan 2010 15:57 >JeffM wrote: >>semi-annual >> Joel Koltner wrote: >bi-an-nu-al > 1. occurring twice a year; semiannual. > 2. occurring every two years; biennial. > >Hmm... seems like a word to avoid... ....like "every other". Does that mean *every second* item or *all* other items? 8-(
From: miso on 27 Jan 2010 18:36
On Jan 27, 12:40 pm, "Joel Koltner" <zapwireDASHgro...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > "JeffM" <jef...(a)email.com> wrote in message > > news:ca1e7c0b-b830-42b9-ae16-8fa10856ed18(a)g29g2000yqe.googlegroups.com... > > > Joel Koltner wrote: > >>their bi-annual releases > > semi-annual > > Because with bi-annual it's ambiguous as to whether it's two times a year or > every two years? > > From dictionary.com: > > bi-an-nu-al > -adjective > 1. occurring twice a year; semiannual. > 2. occurring every two years; biennial. > > Hmm... seems like a word to avoid... > > ---Joel All this depends on your application. If you are setting up a server, you don't want all those updates. For a desktop, maybe every 6 months is OK. Suse has a simple update scheme, much like windows. You get a notice, you run the update, and thus far I haven't had a problem. [Windows updates are another story. Occasionally, they just won't install.] It is my experience that there seems to be less software set up specifically for opensuse these days. [Usually Fedora is the target.] It might be the issue that Suse got in bed with Novel and thus became on the hell freezes over list for some developers. However, opensuse does a good job with repositories, and there is much electronics software aimed at Suse due to the influence of Germany. Also, opensuse handled RPM. Once in a while though, you will find it necessary to create links in directories so that libraries will be found by config files, or you tweak the config file for Suse. I'm not sure Linux is really ready for those that don't want to do a bit of work when installing software. I will say the Nvidia repository was the only way I could get 3D going on my videocard. [There is one for ATI too.] I can run the Google Earth posix binary under suse. Sticking with electronics, you can get those Ines PCI GPIB cards quite cheap on the surplus market. Ines, being German, has suse support. http://www.inesinc.com/gpib I use Suse and Opensuse kind of interchangeably. Opensuse is the free (no phone support) version of Suse. You can buy Suse and get phone support for I believe 6 months after purchase. I did that years ago when I first started using linux. Today, I don't think you need phone support, but the option is there. |