It could have been, but I got the impression it had more to do with how
they manage their LTS and "for pay" releases... i.e. they don't want to maintain the full repository for previous releases because they don't want you falling back to one.
I got that impression from some messages apt gave off during the upgrade process about some packages being removed but, as you point out, that could mean they got moved to snaps. Even then, you'd think they'd give you a
dummy package that would install the snap version so as not to break your upgrade. :/
I have had a couple of massive failures... the one I described and another prior... with ubuntu. The first one was the reason I waited to upgrade the second one... I didn't want to be on the bleeding edge and have an upgrade failure because something wasn't tested enough yet. ;)
If someone really wants to use it, my suggestion is to be sure they keep it upgraded. If they are not sure, I would suggest against using it.
* SLMR 2.1a * Anything that can go wr ... #@^% Bus Error -- Core
Mike, Jean Parrot wrote in a Windows echo about trying out Ubuntu (which he abbreviated as U'U).
I d/l'ed and burned U'U 7.04 to a CD and played with it to see what I could learn about Linux.
U'U 16.04.3LTS is the last version I got and burnt to a DVD.
Also have a DVD of Mint Mate v.17 .
Never installed any of my d/l's , only ran them from the disc I burned them on to see what I c/would learn .
Haven't looked at any newer version since DSL stopped working years ago.
And I ain't gonna try getting a newer version since my web access is on a phone now.
Ed
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