Giving up on Edgy

Serg B. sergicles at gmail.com
Sun Nov 19 08:29:08 UTC 2006


Howdy,

Ye Edgy is a bit of a prick...  Personally I am having USB issues - as in,
it just doesnt see my USB devices (minus mouse and keyboard). However in
Ubuntu/Edgy defense I can assure you that compared to other (mostly
proprietary) software releases it holds its own.

On 19/11/06, NoOp <glgxg at mfire.com> wrote:
>
> Scott wrote:
> > Michael Satterwhite spake thusly on 11/18/2006 08:49 AM:
> >>
> >> I really like Ubuntu, but the latest release shouldn't have been
> >> released, it wasn't ready. Googling around the net, the "Out of Range"
> >> error I described was known before the release. There is no excuse for
> a
> >> release with a problem of that magnitude outstanding.
> >
> > Edgy is... well "Edgy".  If you wanted near rock-solid stability, you
> > should have stayed with Dapper.
> >
> > There nothing forcing anyone to upgrade every 6 months.  With the
> > exception of Dapper, Ubuntu supports it's releases for 18 months.
> >
> > Heck, Debian's gone for years with it's stable versions.
> >
> >
>
> Nonsense.
>
> http://www.ubuntu.com/
> JUST ANNOUNCED: Ubuntu 6.10, code named Edgy Eft, has been released with
> many exciting new features. Visit the download page for CD images.
>   http://www.ubuntu.com/news/610released
>    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EdgyReleaseNotes
>
> http://www.ubuntu.com/products/GetUbuntu/download?action=show&redirect=download
> Choosing an Ubuntu Release
>
> There are now two versions of Ubuntu, choose which is best for you:
>
>     * Ubuntu 6.10, the newest Ubuntu release: If you would like to
> benefit from the latest Ubuntu features, this is the release for you
>
>
> But you already knew that, right?
>
>
>
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Serg
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