[ubuntu-studio-users] Ubuntu Studio 13.10 ---> 14.04 (a question)

[Henry W. Peters]

On 05/06/2014 07:37 PM, Mike Holstein wrote:
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> On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Henry W. Peters <hwpeters at jamadots.com 
> <mailto:hwpeters at jamadots.com>> wrote:
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>     Been using UBS for about a year... on a USB 3 external HD, & dual
>     boot with Windows 8.1 (v. 1310.10 USB currently).
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>     Two questions that I have concerning the most recent version (14.04):
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>     1). Why is it not the upgrade path recommended (i.e.  via Software
>     Updater)?
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>     2). What are significant differences between these two versions
>     (i.e., why update or upgrade)?
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>     Thanks for any insights.
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> 1. the path is there, and you can use it if you like, but dont 
> overthink it... 
> http://www.liberiangeek.net/2014/01/daily-ubuntu-tips-upgrade-to-ubuntu-14-04-trusty-tahr-from-13-10/ 
> is a nice read relating to upgrading.. let us know if you have any 
> issues..
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> 2. whats the difference? the main key difference is, 14.04 is an 
> "lts", or long term support release.. 13.10 is supported for 9 months 
> total, which means EOL (end of life) soon (in a few weeks or so, 
> really) compared to 14.04 being supported for 3 years specifically by 
> the ubuntustudio team, and upstream ubuntu 14.04 repos being up and 
> supported for 5 years.. if things are working in 13.10, and its an 
> audio production machine that is not online anyway, there may be 
> little reason for you to want to upgrade. there are always 
> improvements that are made (really, there are always changes made, and 
> one can argue if they are improvements based on how one perceives the 
> changes). personally, i run only lts releases on my production 
> machine, so, i updated 12.04 to 14.04 last week.. it looks great and 
> runs well. i suggest you try it live, and see for yourself first hand 
> how it runs on your specific hardware, and if you prefer it to 13.10.. 
> cheers and enjoy ubuntustudio regardless of what version you end up 
> using..
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>     Henry
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Thanks much for reply Mike. I did try the "live" DVD, just before I 
wrote my (some what convoluted number one question, sorry about that), & 
I was rather amazed that my audio system worked from the git go (I tried 
Audacious). I have, thru the years, tried many different Linux systems 
on live DVD... & this is the very first time (my) audio worked from the 
DVD (i.e., card recognized from DVD). That seemed to be a good sign... & 
I think I agree, LTS does interest me... I'll most probably give it a 
try...

Regards,
Henry
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