Comment 445 for bug 359392

vervelover a écrit :
> Well, I totally understand who is seeking for a new distro, maybe one
> that really is for human beings. Because you favor the geeks, giving
> them the latest and greatest, 'cause they know what a ppa is and
> whatever. But you know if you were serious about a distro for human
> beings, you should have delayed jaunty or at least have it shipped with
> Intrepid's intel drivers. It's a big let down for everyone that believes
> in open-source being the future of computing, and sees ubuntu as the
> biggest hope for spreading linux in the world. But ubuntu's just not
> there, and maybe never will because it's more concerned about not losing
> its geek user base, than releasing and operating system for everyone,
> and perhaps ever will.
>
I do agree. Regarding bug number one, one could notice that MS leaves
more testing time between the beta version and the final version than
Ubuntu for a whole cycle.

Please, if the aim of LTS version is to provide a certified stable OS,
do not advertise the other versions, especially when there still remains
a critical crash for a widespread GPU.
Now, I'm obliged to tell all my friends I converted to Linux (namely :
Ubuntu) to not update to Jaunty because there is a critical bug that
makes the computer simply unusable.

I have nothing against the fact to *release* Jaunty with that bug, but I
don't understand why there should be a big button "DOWNLOAD UBUNTU 9.04;
enjoy an improved user experience" on the main page www.ubuntu.com.

A part of that, I'm sincerely grateful for all your work to make free
software more human. I didn't paid for Ubuntu[1] and I know the first
line of GPL : No warranty ;)

[1] Although, I paid for a Dell with Gutsy pre-installed.