[ubuntu-za] upgrade or not

[Angotull]

I have a real simple solution for playing with the new version, another
partition. Run the new version on that if it bites, turf the partition or
ext drive.

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Quintin van Rooyen <
quintin.vanrooyen at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2008/10/22 Alf Stockton <alf at stockton.co.za>:
> > Vijay Makanjee wrote:
> >> I don't mind the change on my PCs. It is my ibook g3 that concerns me.
> >> Some time ago, I got Hardy working well on it with relatively no
> >> hiccups. Prior to that the pain of moving to Fiesty (on the ibook) was
> >> enough to make me a moody shit. I want to avoid that!
> >>
> > I have been burnt too many times on both mainframes as well as PCs doing
> > upgrades, therefore my suggestion is only upgrade if you really have to.
> If
> > you do not have to upgrade don't.
> > As I suspect has happened to one or two others, upgrading to hardy burnt
> me so
> > I need to be sold on why I would want to upgrade to ibex.
>
> I agree - I have traditionally been a late adopter (only upgrading to
> Gutsy a week before the Hardy release for instance) and in my opinion
> the later in an upgrade cycle you upgrade the better Ubuntu is.
>
> I upgraded to Hardy the week it was released and must say I was
> disappointed - and only when I moved on to the .1 release have I been
> happy again.
>
>
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