<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Stephen Worthington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stephen_agent@jsw.gen.nz" target="_blank">stephen_agent@jsw.gen.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">On Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:44:03 -0700, you wrote:<br>
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>On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:20 PM, <<a href="mailto:mythtv@raf.org">mythtv@raf.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Thomas Mashos wrote:<br>
[snip]<br>
>Let me be absolutely clear, running an LTS version of Ubuntu does not mean<br>
>it is out of date. Further, it makes zero sense to upgrade something as<br>
>significant as the OS purely because there is a new version of Ubuntu<br>
>available (specifically when talking about appliance devices like MythTV<br>
>boxes). There is a reason that the Mythbuntu team only provides LTS<br>
>releases of Mythbuntu every 2 years and provides MythTV updates via the<br>
>MythTV updates repo for that LTS release. That reason is because for some<br>
>strange reason, people like to take a perfectly fine MythTV appliance, and<br>
>upgrade it for no other reason than a new Ubuntu version is out. For a<br>
>MythTV system, a new Ubuntu version offers nothing over an LTS release of<br>
>Mythbuntu. I can't think of a single reason that I would recommend<br>
>installing a non-LTS version of Ubuntu/Mythbuntu for a MythTV install.<br>
><br>
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There is one compelling reason that I can think of for upgrading the<br>
Ubuntu version, and that is to get a later version of the kernel with<br>
support for devices (such as new tuners) that is not present in older<br>
kernels. If a kernel is released with proper support for Nvidia<br>
Optimus GPUs, then I will certainly be wanting to install that on my<br>
laptop so I can use MythTV with VDPAU on my Nvidia GPU instead of<br>
having to use the Intel GPU.<br>
<br>
Some people also use their general purpose Linux box as their MythTV<br>
box, so they may well need to upgrade for some non-MythTV purpose.<br>
<br>
[snip]<br>
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</blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">For new hardware reasons, LTS releases have point releases (eg. 12.04.1, 12.04.2) that include a new kernel and X stack. See <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack</a> for details.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">For non-mythtv reasons, let me restate "Further, it makes zero sense to upgrade something as significant as the OS purely because there is a new version of Ubuntu available (specifically when talking about appliance devices like MythTV boxes)"</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div>Thanks,<br><br>Thomas Mashos</div></div></div>