Solve : Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ,Better??

1.	Solve : Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ,Better??
Answer» I just tried version 10.10 and can not get it to work for me. Most likely is it Operator Error. But I found this on Wikipedia. List of Ubuntu releases Based on that llist, it would seem that the TLS would be a better choice. Have yet to get it. My ATT&T DSL is not very friendly with long downloads. But my question is: Will the TLS version be more reliable and easier to maintain? You could try Linux Mint. I've found Mint (IMO) superior to Ubuntu in every imaginable way. I'd say slackware as well but if you can't even get Ubuntu working it would be like fighting a dragon unarmed.Thanks for the tip. http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php Well, the site sure looks nice. Even a PDF user guide. Meanwhile, I got the Ubuntu 10.04 laptop to install with the help of a dragon trainer. To answer you original question Geek-9pm, Yes Ubuntu LTS 10.04 will be much more reliable. The LTS releases are designed to be very STABLE so people can run them for 3 years without upgrading. Ubuntu 10.10 is especially buggy (the buggiest since 9.10), in fact on one computer I've even seen it completely crash and would not boot afterwards. It gave an error about missing system files. Ubuntu 11.04 for is due out NEXT month (http://ubuntu4beginners.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/ubuntu-1104/) and it should be a good release, although it is still in Alpha and last time I tested it I found it to be quite buggy. As a GENERAL rule of thumb, the .04 Ubuntu releases are better (less buggy, more stable) than the .10 releases. Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, 9.04 & 10.04 LTS were all very good releases. 8.10 & 9.10 were very buggy releases and 10.10 is also fairly buggy. And LinuxMint will not be any better than Ubuntu because it based on Ubuntu, most of the problems and bugs that Ubuntu has will also be in LinuxMint. The latest version of Mint is based off Ubuntu 10.10. And Ubuntu has a PDF user guide too, it's probably not just found as easy as LinuxMint's one. I haven't seen the LinuxMint Manual, but I know the Ubuntu one is very good. It's available here: http://ubuntu-manual.org/Cityscape, Thank you. Quote from: Cityscape on March 29, 2011, 01:24:20 PM And LinuxMint will not be any better than Ubuntu because it based on Ubuntu, most of the problems and bugs that Ubuntu has will also be in LinuxMint. The latest version of Mint is based off Ubuntu 10.10. I never said it wasn't. I've had very few problems with Mint. Thus the recommendation. Linux isn't about what distro is better. It's about choice. Either way, Ubuntu or Mint are to Linux what a Plush Bear is to a grizzly; An overly optimistic rendition of SOMETHING that should be dealt with carefully. Now, don't misunderstand me; they are excellent, that is why I use mint- it works; but, unlike, say, slackware, you aren't so much encouraged to learn anything. You have to do that yourself. I learned a heck of a lot more about Linux in general just by getting slackware installed then I probably have using Mint (with the exception of the time my package manager broke and I had to purge some corrupted libraries). What you've basically said is "Ubuntu can beat up Mint". Linux is not about why my distro can beat up yours. and it's very disheartening to read posts from people such as yourself that do not truly understand what Linux is about. Geek-9pm: Whatever happened to that "MEPIS" distro you posted about here? Have you given that a shot? As for the LTS versions; there is no particularly special difference between it and the normal versions- that I can FIND- aside from having Long Term Support, I really don't think they would do extra bug-fixing and then throw it out for the next non-LTS release, which seems to be the implication. Quote Geek-9pm: Whatever happened to that "MEPIS" distro you posted about here? Have you given that a shot It was very good. But it was like having an Apple instead of a PC. Nothing went wrong. I got bored. For the moment I will play with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS until next time.APPARENTLY ubuntu are experimenting with their very own windows manager and it is causing a LOT of problems. Some people report that the system is buggy , slow , some , just like you , cant even get it to boot properly. 10.04 seems best for now but hopefully they get it sorted , it all sounds very interesting!

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I just tried version 10.10 and can not get it to work for me. Most likely is it Operator Error. But I found this on Wikipedia.
List of Ubuntu releases
Based on that llist, it would seem that the TLS would be a better choice. Have yet to get it. My ATT&T DSL is not very friendly with long downloads.

But my question is: Will the TLS version be more reliable and easier to maintain?
You could try Linux Mint.

I've found Mint (IMO) superior to Ubuntu in every imaginable way.

I'd say slackware as well but if you can't even get Ubuntu working it would be like fighting a dragon unarmed.Thanks for the tip.
http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
Well, the site sure looks nice. Even a PDF user guide.

Meanwhile, I got the Ubuntu 10.04 laptop to install with the help of a dragon trainer.
To answer you original question Geek-9pm, Yes Ubuntu LTS 10.04 will be much more reliable. The LTS releases are designed to be very STABLE so people can run them for 3 years without upgrading.

Ubuntu 10.10 is especially buggy (the buggiest since 9.10), in fact on one computer I've even seen it completely crash and would not boot afterwards. It gave an error about missing system files.

Ubuntu 11.04 for is due out NEXT month (http://ubuntu4beginners.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/ubuntu-1104/) and it should be a good release, although it is still in Alpha and last time I tested it I found it to be quite buggy.

As a GENERAL rule of thumb, the .04 Ubuntu releases are better (less buggy, more stable) than the .10 releases. Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, 9.04 & 10.04 LTS were all very good releases. 8.10 & 9.10 were very buggy releases and 10.10 is also fairly buggy.

And LinuxMint will not be any better than Ubuntu because it based on Ubuntu, most of the problems and bugs that Ubuntu has will also be in LinuxMint. The latest version of Mint is based off Ubuntu 10.10.

And Ubuntu has a PDF user guide too, it's probably not just found as easy as LinuxMint's one. I haven't seen the LinuxMint Manual, but I know the Ubuntu one is very good. It's available here: http://ubuntu-manual.org/Cityscape, Thank you. Quote from: Cityscape on March 29, 2011, 01:24:20 PM

And LinuxMint will not be any better than Ubuntu because it based on Ubuntu, most of the problems and bugs that Ubuntu has will also be in LinuxMint. The latest version of Mint is based off Ubuntu 10.10.

I never said it wasn't. I've had very few problems with Mint. Thus the recommendation. Linux isn't about what distro is better. It's about choice.

Either way, Ubuntu or Mint are to Linux what a Plush Bear is to a grizzly; An overly optimistic rendition of SOMETHING that should be dealt with carefully. Now, don't misunderstand me; they are excellent, that is why I use mint- it works; but, unlike, say, slackware, you aren't so much encouraged to learn anything. You have to do that yourself. I learned a heck of a lot more about Linux in general just by getting slackware installed then I probably have using Mint (with the exception of the time my package manager broke and I had to purge some corrupted libraries).

What you've basically said is "Ubuntu can beat up Mint". Linux is not about why my distro can beat up yours. and it's very disheartening to read posts from people such as yourself that do not truly understand what Linux is about.

Geek-9pm: Whatever happened to that "MEPIS" distro you posted about here? Have you given that a shot?

As for the LTS versions; there is no particularly special difference between it and the normal versions- that I can FIND- aside from having Long Term Support, I really don't think they would do extra bug-fixing and then throw it out for the next non-LTS release, which seems to be the implication.

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Geek-9pm: Whatever happened to that "MEPIS" distro you posted about here? Have you given that a shot

It was very good.
But it was like having an Apple instead of a PC.
Nothing went wrong.
I got bored.

For the moment I will play with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS until next time.APPARENTLY ubuntu are experimenting with their very own windows manager and it is causing a LOT of problems. Some people report that the system is buggy , slow , some , just like you , cant even get it to boot properly. 10.04 seems best for now but hopefully they get it sorted , it all sounds very interesting!

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