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, Ubu

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.