Am 27. Jan, 2005 schwätzte June Tate so:
> On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 09:11 -0700, Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
> > There have been concerns about using Mepis, Ubuntu and PCLinuxOS for
> > the InstallFest, because of not being sure how to upgrade them
> > without breaking.
>
> I've been using Ubuntu since before they released their final version of
> Warty Warthog, and have found that upgrading the system is just as easy
> as it was on Debian -- all that is required is a simple "apt-get update;
> apt-get dist-upgrade" and for the newbies they've provided synaptic,
Good to hear.
> which makes package management just as easy as the command line. During
> the pre-Warty days of Ubuntu, things were changing drastically quite
> often, and yet I had no problems tracking them throughout the whole
> process.
>
> I imagine (at this point in time, anyway) that to upgrade from Warty to
> Hoary you'll have to change the repository settings (ie:
> "cat /etc/apt/sources.list |sed s/warty/hoary/g"), but again synaptic
> makes that a snap.
So, they use the distro names and we can't just point to stable, thereby
getting new releases as they're released?
Both solutions have advantages and disadvatages for newbies. I'm not sure
which is best, but I want to make sure we know what we're dealing with.
> One thing to note is that Ubuntu uses it's own frozen snapshot of the
> Debian archives. This means that some things that are in the Debian
> archive now aren't available in Ubuntu. It is possible, however, to use
> most Debian packages without issues.
Being a little stale on apps is fine. Being stale on security fixes
generally is not.
> IOW, don't worry too much about Ubuntu -- upgrading is easy. =o)
I'm certain I can do it. Heck, I'm certain I can upgrade from RH to debian
if I had the time :).
I'm worried about supporting people we've helped. While we aren't a paid
support organization and I don't want obligations put on us, we do have to
realize we're the source people from the InstallFests will seek out should
problems arise. The best way to offer support is to make sure they won't
have problems ;-).
ciao,
der.hans
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