fix-this! Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 im wondering if i should hold off on installing the release candidate until the final version is officially released in a few days ? i've been wanting to install the new version, but i don't like beta's much. is it worth it at this time, or should i wait ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis W. Veteran Posted April 18, 2008 Veteran Share Posted April 18, 2008 Depends. The beta's usable and with Wubi you can install onto your HD without messing around with partitions. All it does is add an entry to your Vista or XP bootloader instead of overriding it with GRUB. Though when I last tried the beta the update manager came up with >300 updates. :blink: I think the update repositories are still aimed at 7.10 and not 8.04. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fix-this! Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 well i already have grub as my bootloader anyways. as you can see in my pc specs, i have 5 operating systems installed. what new features are in 8.04 compared to 7.10 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iced_Eagle Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 well i already have grub as my bootloader anyways. as you can see in my pc specs, i have 5 operating systems installed. what new features are in 8.04 compared to 7.10 ? http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/804rc#head-1...74ee8fe10634f1f Personally, I would just wait the extra 5 days or so. That's what I'll be doing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyro Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 well... i suggest you wait, Any distro on going stable has massive updates waiting in queue for Betas . common.. be patient ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomZ Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 If there are any changes from the RC to the final, you can upgrade them from within the RC anyways. I doubt there will be much if any, so I'm upgrading my gutsy box to the RC as we speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger.Girl Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 The release candidate is a production-quality pre-release one week before the final release. In an ideal world, it would be (functionally) identical to the final release. From here until FinalRelease, changes are only permitted at the release manager's discretion, and will only be allowed for very high-priority showstopper bugs that might justify delaying the release. Taken from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseCandidate I honestly don't think it matters. I don't think you would loose support and it doesn't sound like there are any changes permitted between now and the final release. If I am wrong someone correct me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4CxbqFxVnstmA Veteran Posted April 20, 2008 Veteran Share Posted April 20, 2008 I'd wait. I tried. Had small problems here and there. Decided to go back to 7.10. Am there now. Will wait for full normal official release of 8.04. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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