KDE 3.5.6 released w Kubuntu packages

[Art Alexion]

This is tiresome nonsense.  Try running iTunes on Win9x -- can't do it.  Or 
the latest Turbo Tax for that matter.  Try running any win32 software on 
win3.1.  For that matter try running OS X apps on MacOS 9.x -- can't do it.

This is just how operating systems with shared libraries work.

If you want to run the same OS version for 5+ years without a choice of 
upgrading to something truly different, stick with Windows.  If you want THE 
CHOICE of frequent upgrades, Ubuntu is one of many Linux choices.



On Monday 29 January 2007 04:26, Donn wrote:
> > Donn <donn.ingle at gmail.com> writes:
> > > I reckon this upgrade treadmill should not be hidden from new users. I
> > > don't find any clear public explanation about this unusual fact of
> > > life on the Ubuntu site, nor anywhere else really.
> >
> > In the About Ubuntu section of http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu, on the
> > first line:
> > "Ubuntu is a free, open source Linux-based operating system that starts
> > with the breadth of Debian and adds regular releases (every six months)"
> > How much clearer can they make it?
>
> John,
> I have learnt a lot more about Gnu/Linux in the last 4 days than I have in
> the last 4 years, and I am clear on why the latest apps won't run on "old"
> distros -- not crystal clear, but I have the big picture.
>
> Still, I must comment on your reply above. If you spoke that quote aloud to
> a Windows user they would look at you as if you had just spoke Klingon.
> Linux? Debian? Breadth of Debian? The regular releases part would not
> clarify an already wildly confused start.
>
> What I am saying is that users use apps not Windows, not Gnu/Linux, not Mac
> O/S etc. They use the apps they need and they like to keep using the latest
> version of those apps. The "upgrade treadmill" I refer to is not made clear
> by that quote at all. I am sorry, but normal people don't come to some
> mystical understanding about the realities of Gnu\Linux by reading
> something like that -- it is not clear at all.
>
> Something like this should be said, to maintain integrity:
> "Ubuntu is a free, open source operating system. It makes many applications
> available at no cost during each of its 6 monthly releases. New versions of
> applications like Firefox, Thunderbird and Open Office to name but a few
> will be available at each upgrade. You should be aware that should you wish
> to upgrade to a new version of a particular application, you may have to
> upgrade to the latest release of Ubuntu; for technical reasons many new
> applications cannot be run from older releases of Ubuntu."
>
> Now I ain't no copywriter and that can be made shorter, but the elemental
> confession about the "lifetime" of applications on Ubuntu ought to be
> spelled-out because it's vital information.
>
> If Ubuntu is going to aim at the Windows user then they can't gloss-over
> the one thing that a Windows user is going to expect; applications of any
> version can run on any Windows of any version.
>
>
> /d

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