Re: [Ekiga-list] Sunday 20th Global Ekiga Mtg via VOIP - BerkeleyTIP - for forwarding

[Bret Busby <bret busby net>]

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, john_re wrote:

> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:31:20 -0700
> From: john_re <john_re fastmail us>
> To: Ekiga mailing list <ekiga-list gnome org>, ekiga-list gnome org,
>     bret busby net
> Cc: BTG <BerkTIPGlobal googlegroups com>
> Subject: Re: [Ekiga-list] Sunday 20th Global Ekiga Mtg via VOIP - BerkeleyTIP
>     - for forwarding
>
>
> On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:29:16 +0800 (WST), "Bret Busby" <bret busby net> said:
> > On Sat, 19 Sep 2009, john_re wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:42:08 -0700
> > > From: john_re <john_re fastmail us>
> > > Reply-To: Ekiga mailing list <ekiga-list gnome org>
> > > To: ekiga-list gnome org
> > > Subject: [Ekiga-list] Sunday 20th Global Ekiga Mtg via VOIP - BerkeleyTIP -
> > >     for forwarding
> > >
> > > Get a VOIP headset, Install VOIP client SW, & join the global Ekiga
> > > meeting this
> > > Sunday Sept 20, 12N-3P Pacific Daylight Savings Time (UTC-8),
> > > 3P-6P Eastern, (7P-10P UTC?)
> > > http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/remote-attendance
> > >
> > > Lots of great, exciting new things for Ekiga users,
> > > as we start Year 2 of the Global FSW GNU(Linux)/BSD,
> > > Free HW, Free Culture, TIP meetings:
> > > TIP = Talks, Installfest, Project/Programing Party.
> > > Educational, Productive, Social.
> > > ...
>
> > Ah, if only a version of Ekiga is available, that works with Ubuntu
> > 8.04, that can be installed using the Ubuntu package management
> > system, ...
>
> I used 804 a long time, then move up to KU 904 - works fine on my laptop & desktop.  If u want to use 804, great - but - tell me why u don't just upgrade to 904? thx.  that should work well.

Ubuntu 8.04 is the latest Long Term Support version, and so is the 
version likely to be the most stable, and which is likely to have the 
least problems over time, with system upgrades "into the unknown", 
which is what happens with the non-LTS versions.

To me, Ubuntu LTS versions, relative to the later versions that are not 
LTS, is like the way that the Debian stable versions used to be (but not 
the way it is now, where Debian stable, now, apparently, means Debian 
testing, especially where a system upgrade is done, like from Debian 4 
to Debian 5), relative to Debian testing.

It is about relative stability and support, both of which are more 
reliable for the LTS versions of Ubuntu.

--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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