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The much misunderstood Ubuntu 9.10 upgrade poll
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| I upgraded to 9.10 a while ago. Flawlessly.
| So I saw little need to go tell a forum.
| This is where people go when they have
| problems. Gavin and Serdar were shocked to
| find people with support issues on a
| support forum. I have no doubt the help
| line at Microsoft has taken a lot of calls
| recently, but I would not extrapolate from
| that a large percentage of Windows users
| are having upgrade problems.
|
| Tellingly and almost the last word on this
| are the polls from our previous releases,
| none of which were considered or reported
| as upgrade disasters:
|
| Jaunty Poll
|
| Intrepid Poll `
|
| Hardy Poll
|
| Gutsy Poll
|
| A very useful summary of these findings by
| Nicholas Ipsen is here. I am linking to
| these polls not because I want to provide
| evidence that the Karmic upgrade experience
| is or was good or bad, there are other more
| qualified to comment on that, but that
| there is nothing new here.
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http://blog.canonical.com/?p=284
The Intersection Of Quality And Expectations
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| In the interests of keeping things in
| perspective, I just wanted to remind us all
| of some of the things going on in the
| background that I think are worth
| remembering. Take these for what they are,
| but I think they go a long way in helping
| to understand the picture before us.
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http://www.jonobacon.org/2009/11/06/the-intersection-of-quality-and-expectations/
Days ago:
YMMV â Your Mileage May Vary
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| No distro is perfect. Exaggerated reports or
| isolated cases will not be very helpful
| either in assessing these things.
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http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/ymmv-your-mileage-may-vary/
The Myth of the Bad Ubuntu Release
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| OK, so thereâs something that always
| disturbs me when release time comes around.
| Hereâs a rough chronology of every Ubuntu
| release (at least since Iâve been involved,
| so that goes back to Breezy Badger) and what
| the âbuzzâ around the internet says:
|
| 1. Alphas come out: buzz says, ânot much
| to see here folks, move along.â
| 2. Beta comes out: buzz says, âwow, great
| release, but whereâs the new artwork?â
| and Iâm thinking âHow on earth can the
| pull this off?â
| 3. RC rolls around: buzz says, ânew
| awesomeness right around the corner!â and
| Iâm thinking âdarn it, thereâs a lot more
| to do.â
| 4. Release day: buzz says, âOMG I have to
| download thisâ and Iâm thinking âphew,
| thatâs over, Iâm glad I rsyncâd/zsyncâd
| yesterdayâ
| 5. The week after a release: buzz says,
| âNoooooo, this is the worst Ubuntu
| release EVER!â and Iâm thinking âwow,
| they really did pull it offâ
| 6. Rinse and Repeat
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http://laserjock.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/the-myth-of-the-bad-ubuntu-release/
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