UBUNTU-8.10

[Florian Diesch]

Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 2008-10-24 at 09:33 +0200, Florian Diesch wrote:
>> Due to newer drivers I'd expect 8.10 to be more stable on some
>> hardware.
>
> Well, this may be a reasonable expectation, and then it might not. In
> practice it depends entirely on the particular hardware of a given
> system. E.g., the proprietary ATi driver gained support for the xorg
> version in Intrepid just 2 weeks ago or so, so I would not expect
> increased stability from that.

Of course most likely it's nor more stable on all hardware and may be
even less stable on some. I just wanted to point out that "LTS is more
stable than non-LTS" doesn't hold in all cases.


> In any case, "stability" does not only extend to driver/kernel
> stability, it also means application stability and package stability
> (i.e., software functionality stays the same for a longer time), and if
> the OP values these, LTS is a better choice, IMHO

That's true. And upgrading from 8.04 to 8.10 is easier than
downgrading from 8.10 to 8.04 so if in doubt starting with 8.04 is a
good idea.


   Florian
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