10.10 Maverick Meerkat

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jpoveda

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When will a 10.10 Long-Term Support will be available for Kubuntu and Ubuntu? And how much time will it be supported?
 
10.10 will not be a LTS. 10.04 is the LTS for the current session. 10.04 will be supported for 3 years from the release date.
 
So 10.10 will never have a LTS version??? In that case it will only be supported until 2012 I think. So it is better that I stay with the 10.04 LTS Kubuntu/Ubuntu OS???
 
If you are not the type who upgrades their OS every year or two, then stick with 10.4.

Personally, I usually use the latest version out when I set up my laptop and leave it until I have to reinstall, which happens about every 18 months or so, for various reasons-- new machine, new hard drive, catastrophic crash...
 
The thing is that I want to know which version will be better to install, so I don't have to change it for a very very long time.
 
After that date what will happen??? It will stop working or I'll be unable to use it??? How does it work. I'm new to Linux. Please help me understand...

Until what date will 10.10 be the current version???
 
After that, the next LTS version comes out.

The OS doesn't expire, no matter how old it is, but Ubuntu and its derivatives are updated with a new version twice a year. Every three years a "long term support" version comes out that will continue to get updates until the next LTS version comes out.

The in-between versions will get periodic updates but only for two years. After that, you can still use the OS, but if you want updates you will have to either upgrade your packages manually or move up to a newer version of the OS.
 
Ok, thank you. Now I get it! In your opinion which version is better? 10.04 or 10.10??? I have just tried 10.04 in Kubuntu and Ubuntu.
 
jpoveda said:
Ok, thank you. Now I get it! In your opinion which version is better? 10.04 or 10.10??? I have just tried 10.04 in Kubuntu and Ubuntu.
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I am running 10.4 currently-- I won't upgrade until I have to move to a new computer or replacement hard drive.
 
I like 10.04 better. To be honest, they are about the same. Ubuntu Software Center got an upgrade in 10.10 so it deals with packages in the software center rather than using the package manager. That is really the only upgrade that is noticeable for me.
 
Since I started using Linux when the 10.10 version was released I guess I'll stay with it... Unless it has bugs or bad support...
 
Dngrsone said:
After that, the next LTS version comes out.

The OS doesn't expire, no matter how old it is, but Ubuntu and its derivatives are updated with a new version twice a year. Every three years a "long term support" version comes out that will continue to get updates until the next LTS version comes out.

The in-between versions will get periodic updates but only for two years. After that, you can still use the OS, but if you want updates you will have to either upgrade your packages manually or move up to a newer version of the OS.
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Small correction here, LTS versions are actually released every two years, and the in-between versions get support for 18 months. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS

Davis
 
I'm still around the dilemma of which one is better. Ubuntu or Kubuntu... Which will be more suitable for my Computer Science college studies...
 
jpoveda said:
I'm still around the dilemma of which one is better. Ubuntu or Kubuntu... Which will be more suitable for my Computer Science college studies...
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It's a matter of preference-- Ubuntu uses the Gnome interface whereas Kubuntu uses KDE.

You can download both and burn them to CD and test drive them as Live CDs without installing; see which interface feels better.
 
You'll think I'm a little irrational, but one of the things that I don't like about Kubuntu is the excesive use of the letter K in everything and the WINDOWS look that it has. Ubuntu is cool, but I can't the colors. Kubuntu is also cool....

I know, I'm being delusional.
 
10.10 is much better than 10.04 imo, more stable, more features, etc. It's easy to upgrade to the next release from the Update Manager, it will notify you. I always upgrade to the latest version.
I highly recommend OpenSUSE, though. You can choose between GNOME and KDE as you wish.
 
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