@Craig

I completely agree. Dell should absolutely provide full support for their Ubuntu Mini 9. I was just pointing out that vanilla 8.10 can be done easily. 

The fact that Dell is not being timely, I heartily agree should be corrected. I chose not to wait, and went with the latest x86 version. I plan on moving to Jaunty x86 as well.

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> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:52:40 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 301489] Re: Please update the custom version of Ubuntu-mini 8.04	to the latest stable release of hardy
> 
> @anjilslaire
> 
> I was just wondering. This still is not the main issue here. The main
> issue is that Canonical and Dell are selling a product, through a
> partnership, to consumers. These consumers have expectations.
> 
> I hate to bring Microsoft into this picture, but if Microsoft can issue
> security updates, patches, and other updates at regular intervals using
> Windows Update -- then so should Dell/Canonical.
> 
> Ubuntu users, and specially users that have *paid* for a Dell computer
> and a service, should not have to wait X amount of time to get updates,
> specially critical updates. Even though Thunderbird, Firefox,
> OpenOffice, etc. do not fall into the "critical update" category
> *usually* they should still remain updated out of simple respect to
> users (I won't go into usability).
> 
> It only looks good to keep these repositories updated regularly. If it
> takes more staffing on Dell's end, more automation, or something else
> then it probably needs to be done. I think it's long overdue.
> 
> -- 
> Please update the custom version of Ubuntu-mini 8.04 to the latest stable release of hardy
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301489
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
> 
> Status in The Belmont Project: Confirmed
> Status in Dell Inspiron Mini with Custom Dell UI: Confirmed
> 
> Bug description:
> Looking at the various packages in the custom version of Ubuntu for the dell mini, it appears that many packages are outdated, when compared with the latest official version of hardy. Some bugs have been already filed for specific packages:
> 
> kernel: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-mini/+bug/299708
> firefox: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-mini/+bug/299706
> 
> However, the list is long. While hardy benefits to continue updates on several packages, I have yet to see them ported to the custom version of hardy for the dell-mini. While new features are not necessary, I am very worried about the many security vulnerabilities and stability fixes that the mini is not getting. Is there a particular reason why these fixes are not ported back to the mini-Ubuntu (besides the customization for the small screen)? Is the development for the mini-Ubuntu currently undergoing? Would it be better to go for the official 8.04 or even 8.10, which instead offer an active support?

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