Fwd: re update firefox 9 to 11

[Nils Kassube]

Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 12/05/12 16:51, Nils Kassube wrote:
> > Basil Chupin wrote:
> >> If so then you ought to know that support by Canonical for 10.10
> >> stopped in April - and it is now May. (You would have received and
> >> e-mail advising you about the EOL of 10.10 some time ago.)
> > 
> > I think you would only get that email if you subscribe e.g. to the
> > ubuntu-security-announce list [1].
> 
> I am not subscribed to ubuntu-security-announce.
> 
> I simply get a 'private' e-mail from Kate Stewart telling me when
> something new is released or when something is about to reach its
> EOL.

That's interesting - how do they know your address and that you would 
want such a reminder? Anyway, I probably never received such a private 
mail because I always upgrade to a newer version long before EOL.

> > You should be upgrading to at least the next version of Kubuntu,
> > which is 11.04  - but keep it mind that this 11.04 will reach EOL
> > (End Of Life) this coming October - ie, in 5 months time.
> > I would suggest to try out 12.04 from a live CD. If that works on
> > the existing hardware, I would install 12.04 directly, preserving
> > the /home directory (be careful to not format the partition with
> > that directory). Then the next EOL is 5 years away. Alas the kmail
> > version coming with 12.04 is not yet usable for some people. But
> > Ray doesn't seem to use kmail anyway, so that may not be an issue
> > for him.
> 
> Yep, I agree with this - try out the LIVE version. And I cannot see
> why he should have problems with it - except that he may not like
> Unity or whatever else that is now foisted on people :-( .

This is the Kubuntu list, so we don't have to worry about unity. :)

OTOH, there may be hardware issues - e.g. with 12.04 I can't receive FM 
radio with my analog TV/Radio card any longer out of the box due to a 
kernel issue. An older release (8.04?) stopped supporting a WLAN stick I 
was using at that time. That's why I always test a new release before I 
upgrade. If it doesn't work, I can search for fixes / workarounds 
without hurry while I can still use the machine with the older version.


Nils