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Originally Posted by saltynay  Oh it makes sense but
1) I quite dislike ubuntu in the first place so if I was able to install an OS I would but it would not be ubuntu as I see it a company cannot make critical worthwhile changes to a OS in just 6 months and go through the entire development process.
2) This is an old laptop it has 40gb of hdd space so having a partition exclusively for root is a
I rally appreciate your help but your over complicating the problem. |
I'm complicating the problem? I'm sorry that I was taking time out of my saturday to try and help your issue.
But since I'm such a ****ing nice guy, I figured I'd inform you of this. Ubuntu also has LTS (Long Term Support) releases which are supported for much longer than the 6 month releases. Currently the LTS is 8.04, which was released April of 2008 (hence 8.04... 2008, 04 - month) and is supported until April 2011, to which a newer LTS will be released.
Copied directly from Ubuntu's site in the download section:
- Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop (the latest version): Includes the latest enhancements and is maintained until 2010
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop: Released April 2008 and maintained until April 2011 – ideal for large deployments.
Have a great day.