Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper) vs Ubuntu Edgy Eft

One of my blog readers ask me personally about which Ubuntu distribution that he should use, whether its Ubuntu 6.06 LTS or the latest release, Edgy Eft. As for my personal opinion, it depends on your own use.

Dapper Drake is a Long Term Support (LTS) release, supported by Canonical and Ubuntu Community for at least 5 years.? This means that Dapper Drake would receive more frequent security updates than Edgy Eft.

Edgy Eft on the other hand focussed more on providing the latest and bleeding edge software on your computer, it also have software and security updates as Dapper Drake, but it is only guaranteed for at least within the six month of Ubuntu release cycle.

After that you have to either upgrade it to the latest release or you have to patch/update the system by yourself. If you can see the differences, LTS emphasis more on stability and long term? support while the normal release emphasis on providing the latest release of software but with limited time support.

To sumarise it, LTS is suitable for those who like having a stable operating system with minimal maintenance effort, while the normal release is for those who like to keep updated with the latest software release, despite having to upgrade them each time a new release is announced to keep updated with security patches.

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2 Replies to “Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper) vs Ubuntu Edgy Eft”

  1. Dear Author, thanks for article, but could you make a more detailed overview of 6.04 vs 6.10? I mean comparing them in security, speed tests, applications launch test (specially openoffice), internet, hardware support (specially wifi)? That kind of tests would be amazing. :)

    Thanks for article once more.

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