Why Upgrade to Breezy?

[supernaut]

I'm curious, why bother?

Originally I planned to, but after taking a closer look at the changes since Hoary, none of them are really particularly compelling to me. There's not really any major application upgrades (it's a shame OpenOffice.org 2.0, Firefox 1.5 and Beagle aren't ready to be included) and GNOME 2.12 appears to be a pretty standard release. Also, the art the release isn't really my thing, with it seems the browns getting even darker than they were before.

So why are you upgrading? Are you compelled by a new Rhythmbox, or is it simply a case of wanting the new hotness?

[poofyhairguy]

I'm curious, why bother?

Originally I planned to, but after taking a closer look at the changes since Hoary, none of them are really particularly compelling to me. There's not really any major application upgrades (it's a shame OpenOffice.org 2.0, Firefox 1.5 and Beagle aren't ready to be included) and GNOME 2.12 appears to be a pretty standard release. Also, the art the release isn't really my thing, with it seems the browns getting even darker than they were before.

This does seem to be a transitional release considering that some of the more exciting things (such as Cairo themes) are not ready for prime time. But hey, Dapper will be awesome.


So why are you upgrading? Are you compelled by a new Rhythmbox, or is it simply a case of wanting to new hotness.

For its "why will you keep Breezy now that you installed it?"

the answer is:

a better Totem that works great with xcompmgr.

[Knome_fan]

Well, OpenOffice.org 2.0 is included and beagle works fine here, two pretty good reason I think.

Also, Kubuntu is really coming of age now, so if you are a KDE user, the upgrade is definately worth it.

Gnome 2.12 also is nice, especially the inclusion of Cairo has given me much better font rendering on my laptop and there are new applications, like banshee, that simply rock.

Also, a lot has been done under the hood to make ubuntu just work on laptops, so if you do have a laptop that has problems with hoary, an upgrade may well be worth it.

About the artwork: So what, you can change it.

To sum it up: If hoary works fine for you upgrading is indeed not a must, but there certainly are some very positive changes in breezy that at least for me make upgrading worth it.

[Artificial Intelligence]

OpenOffice 2 is in breezy, beagle you just sudo apt-get install beagle very easy. Plus you get access to morew of the latest applications without running your head into dependency hell. Example VLC in breezy is just GOD.

[ubuntu_demon]

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=72426

for me :
-the newest versions of software like : firefox,thunderbird,openoffice,gaim
-the newest gnome
-new kernel
-more hardware support
-graphical bootup (it looks cool and still has all the information)
-beagle
-more polished release
-nice add applications interface
-breezy theme looks better
-less minor bugs (hopefully)
-I like living on the edge (I'll update one of my installations to Dapper when I get bored or when colony cd 1 or 2 arrives)

[23meg]

for me, in order of importance:

- newer kernel (my new computer with recent hardware is unusable with the Hoary kernel)
- better handling of multiple soundcards
- more sensible GUI with more polish
- slightly better overall performance
- more recent software

[jdong]

Why I upgraded:

(1) Openoffice.org 2.0 (cannot be backported to Hoary in a sensible fashion)
(2) Improved Mono + Beagle support
(3) Obligation as a Backporter.
(4) (minor) GNOME 2.12 enhancements


What I regret from the upgrade:

(1) Major Firefox slowdown (migrated to Epiphany)

[nocturn]

Pro
- Newer kernel (better for my lappy)
- Overall faster
- NetworkManager from Univers

Con
- My broadcom wireless broke (ndiswrapper), so no wireless at all
- Not much visible GUI changes seen so far

If my wireless would have worked easy, the upgrade would have been worth it. Because it didn't, I would have been better of staying with Hoary.

[agger]

If my wireless would have worked easy, the upgrade would have been worth it. Because it didn't, I would have been better of staying with Hoary.

Does that mean I should expect my wireless connection to break? I don't really know how it's configured, I have a standard Centrino laptop and wireless worked out of the box with Hoary.

[nocturn]

Does that mean I should expect my wireless connection to break? I don't really know how it's configured, I have a standard Centrino laptop and wireless worked out of the box with Hoary.

If it worked out of the box it uses a native Linux driver, the chance of it breaking is reasonably low.

I have an unsupported card, so I had to use ndiswrapper to load the Windows driver.

[Mr_J_]

Because of all the shinny objects and colorfull new icons!
Just joking.
I'm new and I installed the beta and it's fine.

Like some brand says! "Just do it!" Or something close... :mrgreen:

[UbuWu]

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BreezyReleaseNotes

[weasel fierce]

Havent noticed huge changes yet, but its a little more shiny :)

[erikpiper]

It's faster and more reliable, and comes with OOO2.

And I broke hoary :p