Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS released

[Karl Larsen]

On 08/23/2010 07:03 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 21/08/2010 20:26, Res wrote:
>    
>> On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, Karl Larsen wrote:
>>
>>
>>      
>>>           Hard to believe since I wrote only 8 emails to this list this
>>> week and cannot see how they could do so much damage.  If your so
>>> worried about my misleading other users by all means you need to correct
>>> what I write. Then maybe I can learn as well
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> or, you could STFU and stay out of what you know nothing about, there are
>> many knowledgable folk here who will answer people with their need for
>> help and will learn the right way, and, you too can learn the right way by
>> reading those replies, you far too often but in when you know nothing
>> about it, throwing in ' thoughts of what might be, in your opinion '
>> thats dangerous, Karl, this has been brought to your attention many a time
>> before, its about time you listened to them.
>>
>> Res
>>
>> "Why would you watch the comedy channel when you have the ubuntu users mailing list" - Robert Day
>>
>>      
> Firstly, please, drop your signature line for the reasons I gave and to
> which Robert agreed.
>
> Secondly, please don't use "STFU". Someone else did and I now have him
> in my "send to the latrine file".
>
> Thirdly, people quite quickly sort out the chaff from the wheat and find
> that some people give out with the crap and some don't. All part of a
> learning curve, and people like yourself are always around to make a
> comment about what someone has stated as a result is not quite kosher -
> NoP has "pulled me up" a number of times in the past several months.
>
> Fourthly, if I recall reading this thread correctly, I find what Karl
> was on about is something which has been vexing me for quite a long time
> and it is about time that a distro like Ubuntu got it resolved and
> stopped the misunderstanding between "updates" and "upgrades" - PERIOD!
>
> When one uses the command line for apt-get, one states "sudo apt-get
> update" -- to mean "update the list of available applications".
>
> Then one uses "sudo apt-get upgrade" to ------wait for it!.....*UPDATE*
> the current installed Ubuntu system with the latest versions of the
> installed application files.
>
> There is no *UPGRADE* being done - nothing is being *upgraded* from one
> version of the system to the next version of the system!
>
> One* UPGRADES *from version of Ubuntu 8X to Ubuntu 10X, but having 10.04
> enhanced with bug fixes and improvements is an *UPDATE*.
>
> Perhaps someone could come up with better descriptions/definitions -
> like "betterment" for "updates" and "new version" for upgrades - to
> replace the current terminology.
>
> BC
>
>    

         This message contains no questions or answers about the Ubuntu 
Operating system. It should not be on this list. Please stop doing this. 
Thank you.


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