[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Won't Run On Processors Below i686

[Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್)]

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 12:03 AM, Onkar Shinde <onkarshinde at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2010/6/10 Mallikarjun <mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com>:
>>
>> This is surely a bad news, if not to all, but to some... I think
>> Ubuntu or rather any Open Source OS should think about making 100%
>> users happy, and not 99%...
>
> I don't think it is as bad news as you are claiming. Ubuntu 10.04 is
> an LTS and hence it will be supported with bug fixes for 3 years. So
> even those who have very old hardware have a choice of running it for
> next three years. They will miss new features but that is not
> necessarily bad.

You have a valid point...

> No OS, open source or otherwise, can make 100% users happy. Because no
> matter what, they always find something to complain about.
> Open source is about freedom to choose. And that freedom is also valid
> for distribution makers. They have the right to decide what is best in
> long run from maintenance point of view. For example. Sparc port of
> Ubuntu, which is community maintained, will be decommissioned during
> Maverick cycle.

I meant, making current ubuntu users happy

>
>> M$ made similar attempt in Vista and they failed, but that was much
>> bigger change than what ubuntu has made. So I kind of having mixed
>> reactions to Ubuntu these days...
>
> As you have already said Vista was much bigger change. Vista was not
> even capable of running on the systems in existence when it was
> release. Also the so called 'Vista Capable' systems also were not well
> equipped for Vista's intensive memory/processor usage.
>
>> Looking at recent buzz around Ubuntu, I am try phase out to some other OS...
>
> Debian is a good choice. Also you can try Fedora.

I am considering Debian and Gentoo

>
>
> Onkar
>
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