To switch or not to switch, that is the question...

[Matthew Flaschen]

Brian Lunergan wrote:
> Hi ho folks:
> 
> Currently running Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.

I am also still using Hardy, and have been pondering the same thing as you.

 I'm no techie so the reports of
> upgrading problems with the latest edition don't do a thing for
> convincing me to move in that direction.

I doubt the upgrade problems are much more severe than usual.  I'm also
very confident /I could/ solve any issues that arise.  However, the
question is whether I should bother.

I have noticed several worthwhile package upgrades for Intrepid or
later.  E.g. mono, amarok, wine, okular, etc.

So far, I've been holding off, and just building packages from source
when I want something newer than Hardy.  Part of the reason for this is
that I don't have great backups at the moment, and I want to do a clean
reinstall when I eventually upgrade.

> I do have a disk I made up of the Kubuntu 8.04 edition, but
> apparently it's not LTS and so support apparently dies out in
> September. Lateral shift to it still not out of the question, but I'm
> curious. Is it as stable a player as the 8.04 edition of Ubuntu?

Yes.  It's the same core packages, just a different GUI.

> Would it recognize all the same hardware on my machine that Ubuntu
> does? 

Yes.  The only caveat is you might get slightly different auto-play
behavior for things like external USB drives.

> Your thoughts? Off list if necessary to keep the list purists happy...

Your decision ultimately, but certainly worth discussing here.

Matt Flaschen