Alternatives to Kubuntu, was Re: KDE 4.0.0!

[Dotan Cohen]

On 17/01/2008, Billie Walsh <bilwalsh at swbell.net> wrote:
> On 01/16/2008 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > I'm calm, but I am looking for a 'home' distro. For two years, that
> > was Fedora for me. When things got too unstable for everyday work, I
> > jumped ship and I've been with Kubuntu for about a year. With all the
> > MS converts that I do I need a very stable distro, as I'm the only one
> > providing tech support to people who's first impression of Linux is
> > whatever I install for them.
>
> I don't know what (K)Ubuntu support cycle is for sure but my thinking is
> that for at least the next six to eight months 7.10 is going to be
> viable.

Don't guess, go look at the Kubuntu website.

> Probably somewhat longer than that before things start getting
> to far out of hand. By that time KDE should have most things
> straightened out and everything should be pretty stable. That should
> just about get us up to Kubuntu 8.*. Then might be a better time to upgrade.

I'm not upgrading. I'm installing on other people's systems.

> I don't know how many converts you make a month but when I started using
> Kubuntu it was 7.4 and almost immediately went to 7.10.

I started on Breezy Badger, switched from Fedora Core 3.

> [ now, OK I
> admit that's not really such a big jump maybe ] and it was no HUGE deal,
> and I'm just an average home user. I made the switch and kept on
> truckin'. I'm sure anyone should be able to go through an upgrade
> without major trauma.

Not people who have never installed an OS. And I don't want to make
tens of visits all over the place to start upgrading people's
computers every six months.

> After all the upgrade/update cycle is way shorter
> than that OTHER OS so you better get used to them. Call it a "learning
> experience".

Thank you, I'll start getting used to it. Coming from you and your
extensive experience, I have no choice but to follow your advice and
get used to reinstalling tens of operating systems twice a year.

Dotan Cohen

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