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Ubuntu upgrades - Do you keep "up to date"?

Discussion in 'Technology' started by Fast_ian, Sep 20, 2012.

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  1. Fast_ian

    Fast_ian Two Time F1 World Champ

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    #1 Fast_ian, Sep 20, 2012
    Hey,

    So, I've been using Ubuntu 11.04 for quite a while now - Regular patches etc seems to keep it running well, even on my antiquated H/W (Pentium 4, 4gb).

    It's been asking me to upgrade to 11.10 (?) for a while, but I haven't bothered. Now we have 12.?? available - It appears to have some "nice", if not essential, new features.

    My "issue" is most of these things get "bloated" over time, and my H/W is *old* - Is it worth chasing the latest & greatest? Or should I be satisfied where I'm at already?

    FWIW, the latest iteration will be used for Wordpress development / testing in a LAMP environment. Any insights / comments welcome.

    Cheers,
    Ian
     
  2. valter

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    #2 valter, Sep 20, 2012
    If you dont *need* any new features, upgrade is a waste of time and on linuxes can be painful. If you need some cutting edge LAMP/other features, just get all sources for it from repositories, build and install yourself. It's really easy after first few times :)
     
  3. schumacherf2006

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    #3 schumacherf2006, Oct 18, 2012
    My Ubuntu computer will not boot after the updates. I have put in the. ISO disk for a fresh install and it wont run anymore :(
     

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