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["charlesalva@xxxxxxxxx" <charlesalva@xxxxxxxxx>]

I like the option #1. :)


/charles
everytime i get ahead, i feel more dead.


On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

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> charlesalva@xxxxxxxxx wrote on 16/10/11 10:50:
> > ...
> >
> > I do still believe there's something has to change regarding the up
> > to date software installation, just like in windows xp, though it's
> > old from year 2001, but we still able to install most of the
> > latest software on it. Unlike on Ubuntu, to get latest software, we
> > have to upgrade the to the current update release, or using an
> > unofficial ppa or backport repository, and sometimes the latest one
> > is not supported anymore on previous ubuntu release. It's okay to
> > upgrade ubuntu one or two machine, but to imagine upgrading 60-75
> > machines, that's a very time consuming process, assumed one pc
> > takes 45 minutes to 1 hour long.
> >
> > ...
>
>
> Vendors provide updated applications for Windows XP because it's easy
> to do, and because hundreds of millions of people still use Windows XP.
>
> The easier it is to provide updated applications for an OS version,
> and the more users that version has, the more likely a vendor will do it.
>
> So, there are three ways to get more application updates for old
> Ubuntu versions.
>
> 1.  Make it easier for application developers to provide updates at
>    all, through developer.ubuntu.com.
>
> 2.  Increase the number of Ubuntu users in general.
>
> 3.  Increase the proportion of Ubuntu users using each version, by
>    reducing the number of versions in use at any one time.
>
> - --
> mpt
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