grub2 = beta?

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 10 December 2009, Ric Moore wrote:
>On Thu, 2009-12-10 at 00:23 -0800, Knapp wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Alvin <info at alvin.be> wrote:
>> > On Wednesday 09 December 2009 21:18:29 Jerry Lapham wrote:
>> >> Just got a grub2 update for karmic which seems to indicate it's a
>> >> beta.  Is it?  If so, why did Kubuntu 9.10 make it the default?
>> >
>> > - yes, it is beta. It's not only the default in kubuntu, but in
>> > ubuntu-server as well!
>> > - Honestly, I have no idea. I have never experienced more boot issues
>> > in 7 years of Linux.
>> >
>> > I like the fact that the GNU people are giving us a better boot loader,
>> > but I don't mind waiting for more stability.
>> > In this case (Ubuntu), it was pure hubris to change the boot loader to
>> > a beta version AND pushed upstart at the same time.
>>
>> Kubuntu and it would seem Ubuntu have made this mistake over and over
>> again. We now have a bunch of software that has been shoved down our
>> mouths that is beta or beta quality. We have Dolphine, KDE4.0, GRUB2,
>> PulseAudio, the networking stuff. When are they going to learn that
>> this distro is for newbies and for pros that want it to just work. We
>> are not beta testers.
>
>That's why I bailed out of Fedora, over the very same issues. Of course
>they state quite openly that Fedora is a beta test bed and nothing much
>else. Alas poor Hardy, I remember you being stable as a rock and quite
>impressed with the entire (k)Ubuntu experience. Alas... Ric

If by Hardy, you mean 6.06 LTS, yes, its bulletproof.  I have an install of 
8.04 LTS that seems equally stable although I haven't beaten on it for nearly 
so long.

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