djst's nest » openoffice.org http://djst.org/blog David Tenser's brand new microblog Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:02:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Ubuntu is old, most of the time http://djst.org/blog/2010/02/19/ubuntu-is-old-most-of-the-time/ http://djst.org/blog/2010/02/19/ubuntu-is-old-most-of-the-time/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:20:11 +0000 David Tenser http://djst.org/blog/?p=584 One thing that I really don’t like about Ubuntu is that, by default, it doesn’t automatically upgrade popular software releases until a whole new version of the operating system is released. This means that right now Ubuntu 9.10 (the latest stable release) is still running Firefox 3.5.8 and OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, when the latest versions are 3.6 and 3.2, respectively.

I can definitely understand why such a policy simplifies maintenance on older releases, allowing the developers to focus on the upcoming release, but why can’t they just change this policy at least for the most popular desktop programs?

The way they do things today is annoying and makes Ubuntu feel old-fashioned. Is there another Linux distro that has a better software upgrade policy that I can switch to instead, or am I stuck having to upgrade software manually and store the programs in my home folder?

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