andalus
June 17th, 2009, 06:03 PM
I understand that stable versions are supported for approx 18 months. What happens after the version is no longer supported? Will the software remain stable and usable? Will the package manager still access the repositories?
I have been using kubuntu 8.04 for 6 months and love it. Recently tried to upgrade to 9.04 with Canonical CD. KDE 4 is not user friendly; couldn't figure out the new package manager at all. Couldn't even find where the drives and storage media were available. Dumped it and reinstalled 8.04. I've read about using KDE 3 with the newer version 9.04, but I don't do command lines, codes, etc. (former 20 year Mac user)
So, I will be using 8.04 until a more user-friendly version is available. Hence, my opening questions.
I have been using kubuntu 8.04 for 6 months and love it. Recently tried to upgrade to 9.04 with Canonical CD. KDE 4 is not user friendly; couldn't figure out the new package manager at all. Couldn't even find where the drives and storage media were available. Dumped it and reinstalled 8.04. I've read about using KDE 3 with the newer version 9.04, but I don't do command lines, codes, etc. (former 20 year Mac user)
So, I will be using 8.04 until a more user-friendly version is available. Hence, my opening questions.