Edgy or Dapper ?

[Guillermo Garron]

On 11/21/06, Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 15:03 -0400, Guillermo Garron wrote:
>
> > I have seen compiz on fedora6 and it is nice, i would like to have it
> > also on my ubuntu PC,
>
> So far neither AIGLX nor XGL are the default on any Ubuntu release, or
> even particularly well-integrated. You can get them to run on both 6.06
> LTS (Dapper) and 6.10 (Edgy) though. However Edgy has xorg 7.1, so it is
> easier there:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompositeManager/AIGLX
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompositeManager/Xgl
>
>
> >  but i have read that for iaxgl
>
> There is either AIGLX or XGL
>
> >  assuming it's LTS dapper is never going to have this things?
>
> The goal of 6.06 LTS (Long Time Support) is stability and supportability
> for a long time (3 years security support on desktop, 5 years on
> server). Therefore the right place for new and unstable technology like
> AIGLX and XGL it 6.10, which is more focused on getting new technology
> to work. Let 6.10's code name, Edgy Eft, guide you: it is a bit "edgy"
>
> > or I just have to wait a
> > little bit more to have it also on dapper,
>
> Dapper will only get security fixes and a few minor updates over its
> lifetime. There will be no major changes in order to keep it stable.
>
> New development went on in Edgy which was just released and will
> continue in Feisty Fawn (7.04). After Feisty there will likely be
> another release with new tech (probably 7.10), and this will be followed
> by another LTS release which again will be very stable and supported for
> a long time.
>
> See Feisty plans for AIGLX here:
> https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/accelerated-x
>
>
> As to which release you shall install now:
>       * If you are interested in stability foremost, go with Dapper,
>         6.06 LTS. Some very new hardware might work better in 6.10,
>         Edgy, though
>       * If you are interested in new tech, go with Edgy. Note that some
>         people had problems with it, but for others it made stuff work
>         that didn't in Edgy. Read the mailing list archives for
>         November, there were heated discussions:
>         https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2006-November/thread.html
>       * Development is going on for Feisty, if you do not require your
>         PC to work at all times and want the bleeding and sometimes
>         breaking edge, you can install Edgy and upgrade to Feisty
>
> Read the release notes:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperReleaseNotes
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EdgyReleaseNotes
Thank you very much!
you really take your time, i apreciate a lot.

best regards
Guillermo.

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Guillermo Garron
"Linux IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are."
(Using FC5, CentOS4.4 and Ubuntu 6.06)