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Ubuntu Continues to Grab Market Share

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-blame-someone dept.

slasher writes "MadPenguin.org discusses the future of Ubuntu and confirms Ubuntu's growing market share in the Linux market. Author Matt Hartley writes, "Now, for the biggest question: do high numbers mean that Ubuntu is the best distribution out there? Some will argue that this is an impossible point to make, as each person has different needs from their distribution. But for the sake of this article, we will be considering the average user, not the Slackware crowd, who is obviously much more comfortable within a command line environment than mainstream users."

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  1. Re:I just can't wait by kebes · · Score: 4, Informative

    The next release will be interesting to see. Being a LTS version...
    Small correction: The next release will be 7.10 (Gusty Gibbon, October 2007). However the next "Long Term Support" (LTS) release, according to this page, will be "Feisty+2", or the release after Gusty. This release will probably be in April 2008.

    I agree with everything you said, however. I use the LTS edition for servers that need to be stable, and use the latest version for desktops. The Long Term Support is long enough that you can be confident with it (and easily upgrade to the next LTS when it comes along). Upgrading Ubuntu (e.g. from Edgy to Feisty) has always been painless in my experience. (Yes, YMMV.)

    I'm very pleased with the speed (and predictability) of the Ubuntu release schedule, and with the quality of what gets put out.