crippled meerkat
Ric Moore
wayward4now at gmail.com
Thu Dec 9 19:10:58 UTC 2010
On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 07:56 +0100, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Ric Moore wrote:
> > Any particular reason for starting your exploration of Linux with
> > Meerkat?
>
> Because that's the default you get when you download from the Ubuntu
> site?
>
> > You might be better served installing the LTS version (long
> > Term Support) Lucid (ver 10.4). I think you'd be much better served.
>
> That's debatable, IMHO. While I prefer not to upgrade every 6 months,
> there is nothing wrong with 10.10 for others who always want to have the
> latest & greatest. LTS means just that - "Long Term Support", i.e.
> updates for a longer period of time than for the regular versions. When
> I started using Linux I did not yet care about that detail. I was
> exploring the system to find out if it was something I wanted to use at
> all.
I dunno, being a Fedora refugee, I had all the "thrills of victory and
agonies of defeat" urges knocked right out of me. If my system blew up
into smoke and ashes, I'd re-install 10.4 :) Ric
--
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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