[THOUGHTS]-the perfect 10 release-will we get to see such *buntus next year?

This thought had just recently come into my mind as we're in the moment of receiving the next updated release of *buntus 09/10.

"Will we get to see such perfect 10 distro. With all updated drivers to new hardware as well as legacy, and of kernel functional stability that will make the release popular, installable, compatible to most computers that we come across?"

Yeah...
It may seem to be a pretty dumb thought to the others, as the development of hardwares and programs differs almost every single month as days passes.

But as we're moving towards the day when computers that we know are going faster in speed, more greener when it concerns energy consumption, more efficient as we're having higher demand on system performance with different types of programs used to deal with our jobs, etc. More to point out...
The computers that we're using right now are dying much more faster than we thought as we need to change the next gear with these demands in mind. Leaving more and more older gears unused, replaced, or even discarded in usable conditions.

One such example that we see in real life is the evolution of Windows operating system(no no... I'm not trying to bash Microsoft in this forum with this topic). From Win 98 to Win 2k to Win XP to Win Vista, all in all takes less than 20years in time.

I had been trying hands on with different distros, either the popular ones or the lesser knowns for the past year, finds that there are those that are compatible to certain specific hardwares, some are really friendly to older gears.

I was surprised that *buntu may not really work with older gears with less impressive hardware specs. While Puppy, with the size of a fraction of what original *buntu maybe, works well. The same sentiment applies to some distros friendliness to certain hardwares of the current time which *buntus may not work.

Well, my expectation(hopefully) to this "perfect 10 release", toned down in size for downloading:
- stable kernel
- updated driver and compatibility to new hardwares as well as legacy, as mentioned above
- choice of programs for optional installation, such as "get open office" found in some other distros
- last updated and stable version of desktop environments for usage stability
- more options on the choice of journaling system for installation and usage, rather than the default
- long term support

What are your thoughts?

 

The Linux kernel is already stable... it has been for a very long time.

*buntu distros already offer a huge variety of FSs during installation when you choose to directly install instead of browsing the LiveCD; ReiserFS, XFS, JFS, ext3/4, etc.

It seems pretty unrealistic for one to expect LTS on a biannual release cycle. The support system would quickly become entangled, expensive, and ultimately confusing. The current LTS model seems to work very well.

 

I'd love to see Ocra - screen magnification and reading improved (well make it usable).

 

I think one of my primary disappointments has been watching Xubuntu bloat up over the last few years. Xfce as it is configured in Xubuntu is lighter than gnome and kde, but not nearly as light as it could be.

For these older systems you're describing, it would be nice to see an official lxde desktop for ubuntu. I know that several 3rd party projects make use of lxde and are underway but the fact that crunchbang has been so successful should tell us something about what people are looking to do with netbooks and older hardware. One of the most promising is wattOS which is trying to provide lighter options along with better power management.

 

I would like to see Corenominal of Crunchbang put out an E17 release I think....maybe....whaddya think?