Comment 12 for bug 578045

Hi all,

I completely agree with this bug report, for example, if I started using Windows XP in 2001 I could still easily install a new build of Firefox, Open Office, Inkscape etc. But with Ubuntu because the backports are not great I have to either compile the source myself or look for binaries. There are not PPAs available for all application in the repos. As the above commentator stated Ubuntu 10.04 is approaching 2 years old now. Why should I be denied the ability to run newer software without upgrading my operating system? Is this really reasonable?

If I want a new version of Blender I have to move off of an LTS release to get it or go to the bother of compiling it myself. And it appears to me non LTS releases are in essence beta versions in testing for the next LTS.

Come on... be reasonable here. If you want to target new users they will want newer versions of their favourite software and they will not want to compile it themselves or hunt around for an unsupported and possibly insecure PPA.

Most new users are scarred to update/upgrade their machines and risk braking their working systems. Simple as. This in my humble opinion is the major failing of Ubuntu and why I can not recommend it to a 'normal' user who wants a computer system with 'up to date' software that they do not have to re-install or upgrade every year.

I hope some one with authority can really take a loot at this issue.