Gutsy ISO release from Dell? Should I upgrade anyway?

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J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 01:33:50PM -0500, Tim Anderson wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>> I've got a 1420N that is still running Feisty.  Does anyone know a) of 
>> any reason not to upgrade to Gutsy  and b) if there's any idea if/when 
>> Dell will release a Gutsy image of their own?
>>
>> I've looked at the Ubuntu forums, Launchpad and Dell's wiki - there are 
>> a few things that seem minor, but I don't see too many people actually 
>> doing an upgrade so it's hard to know what to do.
>>
>> I'm a bit nervous about upgrading because of the precedent set by the 
>> video driver crashes (that happen for 3D stuff) which happened to me 
>> right out of the box.
>>     
>
> Hello,
>   
I thought I would add my thoughts. Personally I have installed many, 
linux systems on various hardware combinations. I believe that the 
question you asked should be, "Is there any reason TO upgrade TO Gutsy 
at this time?" Depends on your personal wants and needs. Do you like to 
be cutting edge and try out the new Ubuntu releases and maybe fix 
something or do you have a situation where your computer needs to be a 
stable work horse. I also have a 1420N, it really is a wonderful stable 
machine with very few small glitches and that is what I need. Oh the 
other hand at times I am a bit cutting edge and have tried the 
development version early. There was a lot wrong then so I tried out the 
dell restore and it worked flawlessly. Because I need a machine that 
works dependably, I will keep it that way and follow Ubuntu a step back 
from first releases. I think dell is doing it right so far with slow and 
dependable. Feisty is stable, Gutsy is first release and although I have 
Gutsy on most workstations now Feisty is still the laptop OS for me. YMMV

Have fun.