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Why is this on Hacker news? Ubuntu 16.04 won't be released for another 16 days. Of course you shouldn't upgrade anything production to it! https://wiki.ubuntu.
by sciurus 11y ago
Why is this on Hacker news? Ubuntu 16.04 won't be released for another 16 days. Of course you shouldn't upgrade anything production to it!
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseSchedule https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseSchedule
- toomuchtodo 11y agoI've seen co-workers upgrade their production macbooks to beta/pre-release OSX versions, and then get upset when critical functionality breaks and its an ops "emergency" to get it fixed. Their warning is appropriate.
- jkmcf 11y agoPeople shouldn't upgrade to beta/pre-release software unless they are able and willing to fix it themselves. Too many devs don't know squat about installing operating systems or hardware.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoI agree :)
- dajohnson89 11y agoI find the language "production desktop" a little interesting, as opposed to "production server". Is a production desktop the same thing as my dev box, which I use to develop and maintain production software?
- toomuchtodo 11y agoYes, and is just as critical as a server. When the server is down, you're losing money. When a dev is down, your company (or you) are losing $X/hr, based on your billable rate or fully loaded costs.
- fweespee_ch 11y agoYes it is. Production Desktop Down = Company loses $X/hr in Dev salary until it is available again. $X is generally $50-100/hr, more if you need someone in Ops to help you out.
- hippich 11y agoI guess it is targeted more towards "normal" users, not hackers. Hacker probably can fix it, "normal" users - do not.