snowpine
January 20th, 2009, 10:00 PM
Hi gang, here's the deal. I am running Intrepid on my main computers. However, I still have one old laptop running Fluxbuntu RC 7.10. This was the computer and distro on which I learned the nuts and bolts of Linux, so I have a certain amount of nostalgia here. I really just use it for listening to music and general-purpose web browsing; no sensitive personal data or anything.
As many of you know, 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon will be reaching its "end of life" in the next few months. I am debating between these two options:
1) Upgrade Fluxbuntu to 8.04. Pros: long term support through 2011. Cons: 8.04 is slower to boot than 7.10 on this hardware and feels less "snappy."
2) Change my sources.list to 'old-releases' and keep on running 7.10. Pros: 7.10 runs great and is familiar. Cons: no more updates!
Basically I am wondering if anyone is still running an older version of Ubuntu that's past its end of life. What is your experience, positive or negative? Is there anything I am overlooking in this decision?
Just to re-iterate, this isn't my main computer, I don't use it for online banking, no personal files are stored on the hard drive. :)
As many of you know, 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon will be reaching its "end of life" in the next few months. I am debating between these two options:
1) Upgrade Fluxbuntu to 8.04. Pros: long term support through 2011. Cons: 8.04 is slower to boot than 7.10 on this hardware and feels less "snappy."
2) Change my sources.list to 'old-releases' and keep on running 7.10. Pros: 7.10 runs great and is familiar. Cons: no more updates!
Basically I am wondering if anyone is still running an older version of Ubuntu that's past its end of life. What is your experience, positive or negative? Is there anything I am overlooking in this decision?
Just to re-iterate, this isn't my main computer, I don't use it for online banking, no personal files are stored on the hard drive. :)