Karl - grub2 and ext2/ext3/ext4

[chris]

On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 18:13 -0700, NoOp wrote:
> On 08/11/2010 03:32 PM, Tom H wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Jordon Bedwell <jordon at envygeeks.com> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 2010-08-10 at 06:27 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
> >>>          It's a shame that Ubuntu version 10.04 works so well. You
> >>> install, update and then just use it. Maybe this is because it is a LTS
> >>> version?
> >>
> >> Generally yes it's because it's LTS.
> > 
> > I saw a post before 10.04 was published by a Ubuntu developer who, in
> > replying to whether a certain version of an application would be
> > included, said that given that 10.04 was an LTS version, they were
> > being more conservative than for other releases.
> > 
> > That said, I don't think that LTS can be considered "stable" in the
> > same way that Debian and Red Hat publish stable versions, simply
> > because an LTS edition is much more cutting edge when it is published
> > than a Debian or Red Hat stable edition.
> > 
> 
> Given the issues with 10.04 I don't think that LTS can be considered
> "stable" in *any* way past 8.04.
> 
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and this is the weakness with the ubuntu system  the insane rush to
produce a "new" version every 6 months, when most users want bugs fixed
and stability.
Don't know how we get this through to them
Cheers the kiwi