[oe] Does the OS make a difference?

[Douglas Royds]

On 03/09/10 05:19, J. L. wrote:
> I would be interested to know as well I am building on 9.10 and seem
> to get more errors than those building on 10.04 or 10.10 with 64 bit
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:46 AM, AJ ONeal<coolaj86 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>    
>> It would be worth it to upgrade from Ubuntu 8.10 to 10.04 if it really makes
>> a difference... but it would take time and disrupt workflow and otherwise
>> provide little advantage.
>>      

As an aside, you should both be aware that neither 9.10 nor 8.10 are 
"LTS" (long-term support) Ubuntu releases. As such, Ubuntu are no longer 
back-porting security fixes.

I recommend that you both upgrade to 10.04 LTS. Ubuntu will support 
10.04 for 3 years (ie. until April 2013).

Douglas.




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