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From: Moog 
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: Ubuntu 6.06 v 6.1
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:50:05 +0000
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Zepos wrote:

>> > 6.10 - Stable. Gives you a number of updated software packages. For
>> > Instance. Firefox is at v 2.0.1
> 
> Quite frankly that's what keeps me from using Kubuntu (or Linux in
> general) which I have installed on my HD. I want to install and use
> new software versions as they come out, and not only when the have
> become part of a distro.

You can install any software on Ubuntu. Simply compile it yourself.

As an aside....
Windows doesn't come pre-installed with all the latest releases. Software
houses regularly patch and update their products and generally charge you
again for the latest releases.

-- 
Moog

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