a general question - what's the difference between the versions?

[valhalla2100 at comcast.net]

I did not get such a question.  Instead, I got a notice
to upgrade.  Ended up with 9.10 which, at the time, was
not ready to be used.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rashkae" <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com>
To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 6, 2010 7:20:35 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: a general question - what's the difference between the versions?

John DeCarlo wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 4:10 PM, <Michael.Coll-Barth at verizonwireless.com>wrote:
> 
>> If I had installed 8.04 and I kept updating the system, what am I not
>> getting that I would get by downloading and installing from scratch
>> either 9.10 or 10.04 ( OK, in a few days when it comes out of beta )?
>> Would I not have the latest kernel?   Doesn't the update manager keep
>> all of the software I have installed up to date with whatever the
>> authors of that package release?
>>
> 
> 
> No, no, and no.
> 
> If you installed 8.04 and kept updating, you would have the newest version
> of nothing at all.
> 
> You would have some security patches applied to old versions, that is all.
> 
> Once a release is final, no software gets updated unless it has a security
> problem.
> 
> 

However, keep in mind that be default, the Ubuntu Update manager will 
ask you if you want to upgrade the distro every time a new release comes 
out, in which case, the OP would have a complete up to date system 
without having to re-install from scratch.

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