The Ubuntu team has released the second maintenance release for Ubuntu 8.04. "The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS, the second maintenance update to Ubuntu's 8.04 LTS release. This release includes updated server, desktop, and alternate installation CDs for the i386 and amd64 architectures. In all, over 200 updates have been integrated, and updated installation media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after installation. These include security updates and corrections for other high-impact bugs, with a focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS." Get it from their download page.
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Member since:2006-05-06
Can I ask what the big deal is about terminology? The one thing I hate about the Linux community is that you people like to psycho analyze everything. if you are going to sit here and try to examine, Call it a service pack/or dont call it a service pack. I have a few words of advice... Go get laid. Jesus Christ, give it a rest you people are boring.
Member since:2007-06-02
Whether something is called SP2 or .04.2 is totally irrelevant. Linux numbering scheme is far better and informative than abbreviations, it's a matter of getting to like it. On the other hand, the general rule is: Stay away from what Microsoft does - they do have a tendency to sue anyone's ass off if they believe a product of them is being cloned in any way.
Member since:2009-01-23
lol. Is this your main issue with Linux? Do you know how many other OS' do not use a 'sp#' versioning scheme and uses #.#.# scheme instead? Solaris, HP-UX, FreeBSD, OSX, OS/2 (the list goes on).
edit. just reread your post again about "mainstream concepts". Right.
Edited 2009-01-23 01:05 UTC
Member since:2006-01-19
edit. just reread your post again about "mainstream concepts". Right.
Heh, HP-UX. A version number like 11i v3 update 2 is sheer poetry.
Member since:2005-11-02
In addition to what everyone else has said, it is not like a Microsoft Service Pact. It is a collection of cumulative updates. If you have a fully patched and updated Hardy on your system, you already have Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS installed. By installing the download of 8.04.2 you just avoid a very large update after the installation of the original release.
Member since:2006-11-13
Exactly. And at least Ubuntu updates are only fixes. Microsoft uses Service Packs to introduce whole new features which many times include even more bugs!
Oh, and IBM used Fix Packs for OS/2, long before Microsoft slightly changed the name to Service Packs.
Member since:2006-11-13
Version numbers where invented for a reason. They work perfectly well, and are language independent. If you use the terms "Service Pack" or "SP" or "Release Candidate" or "RC" etc... what happens to promotional material for other non-English languages?
Version numbers make a LOT more sense!
Member since:2005-08-18
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2007-06-02
Is it just me or... dude I always *HATED* the "Service Pack" terminology. Back on those days, I wouldn't even figure out what it was. Perhaps "Update Pack" would have been better? But I think "Service" looks more corporative.
Anyways, who here doesn't know of hundred cases where they screw the whole system just by installing a SP1 or SP2... It's even funny that in their READMEs, there is a line saying "If your system is running fine and doesn't list any issues covered by SP, it's not recommended that you install SP."
I prefer the number scheming name. But I find also hard to go through Ubuntu's silly animal codenames and a new release every 6 months.
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2006-12-05
