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Ubuntu Hardy Heron Announced
Jono Bacon, Community Manager for Ubuntu, has announced development on the next version of the popular Linux distribution name "Hardy Heron". "Not only will the Ubuntu community continue to do what it does best, produce an easy-to-use, reliable, free software platform, but this release will proudly wear the badge of Long Term Support (LTS) and be supported with security updates for five years on the server and three years on the desktop. We look forward to releasing the Hardy Heron in April 2008."
Har har har.
On a semi-related note, I've come to like Linux Mint. Its built on Ubuntu and includes some non-free packages(Video codecs, MP3 support, so forth). Also has some of its own config tools which are alright. Not perfect though, I had a little trouble with dual monitor support. Overall, its a pretty nice distro.
Seriously. They look sorta like links, but the underline disappears on mouseover. No other article's comments are like that. WTF Malda?
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Ubuntu's version number system is very simple, straightforward, and understandable--it consists of two numbers taken from the date of the release it is applied to: [year].[month]. Very simple, huh?
Which would be FINE if the versions were in ALPHABETICAL ORDER, which they're not.
Why is 7.10 later than 8.04? It shouldn't be, and I don't care if they're using the period as only a separator between the year-and-month, it's still just as wrong.
They should put the year first. Jeez, is that so hard? But, no, gotta do stuff different. Why gotta do stuff different? Because. Think outside the box. Break the mold. Tear down the glass ceiling. No, fuck you, do it like everyone else, or risk being considered a joke to real IT professionals.
As an exercise, put these in order (current format):
10.04
1.08
3.05
12.06
7.07
Answer: 10.04, 3.05, 12.06, 7.07, 1.08.
Now, make it swapped, year first, month second:
7.08
4.12
8.01
6.10
5.07
Answer: 4.12, 5.07, 6.10, 7.08, 8.01. Now, it looks correct, it serves the same purpose (displays age-since-release, which is the only argument I ever hear in favor of their scheme), and it's standardized. Plus, releases will sort alphabetically (and if you're concerned about years after 2010, just make them 07.08, 04.12, etc).
This is what holds ubuntu back - the culture of "different for different's sake". LINUX IS NOT MODERN ART, remove head from ass, and release something with a standardized version number and no silly name, and it might get recognized as anything but a niche distro for people who are trying to get more hardware support on their laptops (something it's not as good at as it would sound like from listening to forum fanbois, anyway).
~Xiao
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Amazing.
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"It does have a 28 day release cycle."
Patch release is spotty though.
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