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Yes, that's the whole point: LTS only recieves security updates and nothing else. There are two products here, for two kinds of people: LTS is a product for
by cellularmitosis 11y ago
Yes, that's the whole point: LTS only recieves security updates and nothing else.
There are two products here, for two kinds of people:
LTS is a product for people who want security updates but absolutely no other changes.
The next release is a product for people who want bug fixes and new features, in addition to security updates.
Your comment is essentially asking "but why didn't they make the spicy flavor taste like the mild flavor?". They didn't make the spicy flavor taste like the mild flavor because it's the spicy flavor, not the mild flavor.
- jandrese 11y agoThe unstable releases have their own problems though. The big one being that the old repos disappear almost the instant they version bump, meaning you have to be willing to drop everything and upgrade when they do to not be left behind. Plus LTS is the default. Ubuntu doesn't really have a good middle ground distribution. Something like the old -STABLE release track on BSD where you get fixes and reasonable support but no ABI changes or major OS changes.
- fulafel 11y agoNo, LTS gets backports of the xorg/graphics stack and kernel. Which helps a lot.