How long it takes to get Ubuntu 12.04 after release ?

In the past, turnaround time for getting Ubuntu images up has been very good, as in they have an image ready the day it's released. I do know they are doing tests with the betas now. Hope that helps.

@retrograde inversion:

In the past, turnaround time for getting Ubuntu images up has been very good, as in they have an image ready the day it's released. I do know they are doing tests with the betas now. Hope that helps.

Sure does, server going down on the 28 at 16:30 east :twisted:

Do you have a strong need for something in 12.04? ie, why jump on it on day 1? Give it a couple weeks or, better, months and let others work out the bugs.

I'd wait for 12.04.1 or at least close to it.

I am already running it on desktop, no issues at all in 2 weeks and I am not the facebook/twitter/email/news user type. I do some python, some java, db management thru pgadmin, OpenERP etc…

I dont see any reason why I would wait out. I also have access to Canonical employees (hackers).

Strong release & Strong support network I think I can safely give it a shot.

> why jump on it on day 1? Give it a couple weeks or, better, months and let others work out the bugs

Maybe he's one of the "others" you speak about. If everyone took the approach of waiting we'd get nowhere. Cheers to you Mobidoy

@Mobidoy:

I am already running it on desktop, no issues at all in 2 weeks

Same here - so far the beta has been rock solid.

James

@nehalem:

> why jump on it on day 1? Give it a couple weeks or, better, months and let others work out the bugs

Maybe he's one of the "others" you speak about. If everyone took the approach of waiting we'd get nowhere. Cheers to you Mobidoy

I'm one of the others on other machines, not my linode running "production" websites.

@glg:

@nehalem:

> why jump on it on day 1? Give it a couple weeks or, better, months and let others work out the bugs

Maybe he's one of the "others" you speak about. If everyone took the approach of waiting we'd get nowhere. Cheers to you Mobidoy

I'm one of the others on other machines, not my linode running "production" websites.

Linode could easily be one of his "other" machines. I have an "other" machine for testing purposes on a Linode with a database that would need to be backed up too; and it isn't production.

@nehalem:

@glg:

@nehalem:

Maybe he's one of the "others" you speak about. If everyone took the approach of waiting we'd get nowhere. Cheers to you Mobidoy

I'm one of the others on other machines, not my linode running "production" websites.

Linode could easily be one of his "other" machines. I have an "other" machine for testing purposes on a Linode with a database that would need to be backed up too; and it isn't production.

fair enough

Any ETA from linode on when 12.04 will become available now that it was released today?

Thanks.

@devon:

Any ETA from linode on when 12.04 will become available now that it was released today?

Thanks.

Someone's eager :P you know you can upgrade via apt, of course you should clone your linode first and try it on that since there maybe unexpected oddities.

@obs:

@devon:

Any ETA from linode on when 12.04 will become available now that it was released today?

Thanks.

Someone's eager :P you know you can upgrade via apt, of course you should clone your linode first and try it on that since there maybe unexpected oddities.
One of my servers is at Ubuntu 9.04 so yes, I was eagerly awaiting 12.04 LTS with the 5 year support :) I would transfer everything over to another linode before switching permanently.

oh damn, 9.04 that's been dead a long time, and you can't upgrade via apt very easily, so you have two options, wait for an official image (probably be a few days) or install 10.04 and upgrade to 12.04 via apt.

Leave it to Linode to have 12.04 available for install the same day it is released :D

@obs:

oh damn, 9.04 that's been dead a long time, and you can't upgrade via apt very easily, so you have two options, wait for an official image (probably be a few days) or install 10.04 and upgrade to 12.04 via apt.

9.04 -> 12.04 would be done by:

9.04 -> 9.10 -> 10.04 -> 12.04

I'm not sure why you say you can't do it very easily… It's pretty easy.

Because 9.04 and 9.10 aren't in the repos anymore http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/ and upgrading 4 times is bound to have some configuration file conflicts

old releases are available on http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/

Ooo didn't know that (shows I've never upgraded from an ancient release :P)

Doing it now, will let you guys know how it goes !!!