[RLUG] Ubuntu Breezy cont'd

[dbagley at 775.net]

Brian,

I am wishing I had not started down the "Breezy" path ;^) now.  "cuz that's exactly what I'm doing now - re-installing Hoary.  It worked and was quite solid for how I was using it.  Oh well.  It's been a lot of years since I last tripped so badly over the "bleeding edge" 'cuz I thought the newest thing was so bright and shiny I just had to have it.  

On the other hand - it was a bit of education about how dependencies can still be broken - even using apt-get.

Thanks for the attempt to help and the encouragement.  I'll go back to checking for belly button lint while I re-install yet ONE MORE TIME!

Ciao

Dennis




----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Morris [mailto:bmorris at cyberarmor.net]
Sent: 11/3/2005 4:02:29 PM
To: dbagley at 775.net
Subject: Re: Re: [RLUG] Ubuntu Breezy cont'd

While I can sympathize with your frustration I must point out that you
do not _have_ to upgrade to Breezy.  All of the repositories for Hoary
are still active and available, and will be for some time to come thanks
to the philosophy behind Ubuntu.

I have not run into any problems with Breezy (I obviously run a
different set of packages and have different needs than you do), and I
actually prefer the minimalist approach to the base distribution.
However, you are obviously unhappy with it, so I encourage to go back to
Hoary.

Brian

On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 15:01 -0800, dbagley at 775.net wrote:
> By the same token, a standard install of Ubuntu should NOT be so short on various packages that a user needs to stop every time and install all the missing pieces.
> 
> I did not have any of these problems with 5.04 Hoary Hedgehog.  And I do mean none.
> 
> 
> Dennis
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian Chrisman [mailto:incubus at izap.com]
> 
> Just for the record, lack of easy of integration with vmware isn't 
> ubuntu's responsibility, it's vmware's.. unless they're going to open 
> source their VM.. :-)
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