Comments on: T Minus 16 And Counting http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.10.02/t-minus-16-and-counting/ Free Software Chicago Style: letting proprietary solutions sleep with the fishes Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:01:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: nixternal http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.10.02/t-minus-16-and-counting/comment-page-1/#comment-2983 nixternal Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:30:50 +0000 http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.10.02/t-minus-16-and-counting/#comment-2983 Hey, if you lose your data with Ubuntu, come on over to Kubuntu, we will Keep (cheesy, I know) your data safe. In the past 5 years of running "pre-release" versions, I haven't lost anything, that I didn't want to lose. Well one time I did lose everything, but that was an error by me. Forgot to log in to my chroot before deleting the ~/ :) oops. You are right though, it isn't the data loss that could occur with a pre-release, more so than it is the instability and buggy'ness of it. Hey, if you lose your data with Ubuntu, come on over to Kubuntu, we will Keep (cheesy, I know) your data safe. In the past 5 years of running “pre-release” versions, I haven’t lost anything, that I didn’t want to lose. Well one time I did lose everything, but that was an error by me. Forgot to log in to my chroot before deleting the ~/ :) oops.

You are right though, it isn’t the data loss that could occur with a pre-release, more so than it is the instability and buggy’ness of it.

]]> By: Tristan Rhodes http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.10.02/t-minus-16-and-counting/comment-page-1/#comment-2982 Tristan Rhodes Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:43:18 +0000 http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.10.02/t-minus-16-and-counting/#comment-2982 Running on pre-release versions is addicting. I love to read about the changes made in the updates, and then see the changes appear before my very eyes! However, we should mention that this is a VERY dangerous way to run a computer, and should ONLY be used if you do not mind losing all data on the computer. This works great if you have a laptop that you only use for browsing the web. I just don't want to see any people upset about Ubuntu because they lost all their data when running on an pre-release. Don't you agree? Tristan Running on pre-release versions is addicting. I love to read about the changes made in the updates, and then see the changes appear before my very eyes!

However, we should mention that this is a VERY dangerous way to run a computer, and should ONLY be used if you do not mind losing all data on the computer. This works great if you have a laptop that you only use for browsing the web.

I just don’t want to see any people upset about Ubuntu because they lost all their data when running on an pre-release. Don’t you agree?

Tristan

]]> By: Henrik Pauli http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.10.02/t-minus-16-and-counting/comment-page-1/#comment-2975 Henrik Pauli Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:00:23 +0000 http://blog.nixternal.com/2007.10.02/t-minus-16-and-counting/#comment-2975 I’m like that too, always dist-upping to the bleeding repo :) The last time something horridly broke was the X.org 6.8->7.0 transition, and before that, something on Debian, where they were a bit careless about what gets into the repository. I’m like that too, always dist-upping to the bleeding repo :) The last time something horridly broke was the X.org 6.8->7.0 transition, and before that, something on Debian, where they were a bit careless about what gets into the repository.

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