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Sorry but LTS is not the solution. LTS is pretty much a frozen repository with the odd security patch thrown in. If any vendor packages are broken (i.e. mysql-s

by meaty 14y ago

Sorry but LTS is not the solution. LTS is pretty much a frozen repository with the odd security patch thrown in. If any vendor packages are broken (i.e. mysql-server), they are pinned at the broken version. Any attempt to get these patched/fixed results in a closure on launchpad along the lines of "fuck off moron". You end up having to pull in backported packages from later releases resulting in dependency hell or compiling your own debs. The amount of times I've been fucked over by LTS releases due to these issues has put me right off. Not only that, we've even had LTS kernels that go bang on "supported and tested platforms". LTS stands for "Legendary Turd Stain" IMHO. You just don't get this with Debian - it just works.

qznc 14y ago
Your example "mysql-server" suggests you are talking about putting Ubuntu on a server. For desktop users who want Adobe Flash, Oracle Java, and MP3 support, Ubuntu is better at "it just works". I believe the biggest problem of LTS is that too few people use it. If most Ubuntu users would stay on LTS, then even upstream would take care to support it, which fixes the dependency hell problems.
- meaty 14y ago
  Not at all. This is dev workstation stuff. I want Flash, mp3s and Java as well! I think the problem with LTS is mis-stated - Long Term Support is just a lie.