I simply can't remember what names equal what versions anymore. I guess for people that only deal with Ubuntu, that's all you know, so you remember the names. I had this problem with debian as well: which one was the newer distro, ham or potato? Whatever happened to plain old numbers?
What was wrong with.4 being stable and.5 being test? Why not start a.7?
I haven't been following the kernel mailing list, but as a regular linux user from way back, I'm not clear on why the old way was dropped. This way seems a lot more confusing to me.
Yes, EVERYONE is getting fed up with this, but currently EVERYONE = the slashdot audience. Not the largest market sector. The general public won't understand this until it's too late.
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I simply can't remember what names equal what versions anymore. I guess for people that only deal with Ubuntu, that's all you know, so you remember the names. I had this problem with debian as well: which one was the newer distro, ham or potato? Whatever happened to plain old numbers?
Slack 1.0 was my first, around 1995 IIRC. And my icq nick is still 'darkstar' after that first box ;)
from a few years back
What was wrong with .4 being stable and .5 being test? Why not start a .7?
I haven't been following the kernel mailing list, but as a regular linux user from way back, I'm not clear on why the old way was dropped. This way seems a lot more confusing to me.
Best.... reference.... ever
Yes, EVERYONE is getting fed up with this, but currently EVERYONE = the slashdot audience. Not the largest market sector. The general public won't understand this until it's too late.