Good Idea for new users

[Douglas Pollard]

Fred Roller wrote:
> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
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>> Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
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>>> So sorry as I did misinterpret what you said.  Sorry again.
>>> Leonard Chatagnier
>>> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
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>> 	Lots to say about who said it, but no one seems to doubt that 
>> using ext3 and grub version 1 is a good idea for new users who 
>> do not want to have problems right out of the box.
>>
>> Karl
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> 9.10 is the latest and greatest with all the inherent glitches that come 
> with that status.  If I have people who need the out of the box just 
> works reliability I recommend an LTS distro. 
>
> Remember that there are some /really/ new changes like upstart from 
> init, ext4 from ext3, grub2 from grub, et al.  Granted upstream is /not/ 
> going to release anything unless it was 95% (arbitrary number) certain 
> it was going to work.  The other 5% is for us to discover and report 
> (with a fix if possible) so that by 10.4 we as a community have another 
> /stable/ LTS. 
>
> Instead of steering new users who are willing to try the /newest/ away 
> from how it is supposed to work we should make them aware of /possible/ 
> things to look for and that we are here to help /if/ they have those 
> problems.  I agree that upgrades should and do work.  As a /personal/ 
> choice I build from scratch with each new release on this system but 
> have several which are left alone except for updates and upgrades.
>
>   
I am not a new user but only slightly better knowledge wise  than many 
new users.    I started waiting a couple months after releases to 
upgrade and thats long after after the most bugs are ironed out.  I have 
on a couple of occasions suggested this to new users and I think it's 
sound advice for these people.
                                                                         
                                    Doug