Upgrade of applications

SpEcIeS ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org
Fri May 27 15:00:51 UTC 2005


Kreg Schlosser Wrote: 
> I have heard mixed responses to the backports project. Seems like some

> people recommend them (tends to be users) and then others say they are

> a bad thing (some devs) Since you are going to get the most up to day

> packages in 5 months, to me it isnt a huge deal to wait.

> As for Open Office... the beta version is in the universe repos for

> you to download, and it seems pretty stable for beta (the windows

> version you are using is also beta)

> unless there is a MUST HAVE feature in the new release you need NOW,

> stick with the excellent software that is in ubuntu now and wait to

> upgrade when breezy comes out. (or switch to it a month or 2 early to

> get it a little quicker... it tends to be pretty useable by then)

> 

> On 5/26/05, SpEcIeS <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:

> > 

> > Gaim 1.3.0 seems to be working really well on my system. Thanks. :)

> > 

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That seems to be very reasonable and safe. I am looking forward to when
breezy is out, but I still like my 5.04 version. Ubuntu is an awwsome
distro.  ;-)


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