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But it's not LTS. All the major software stuff will be well supported for 16.04 till 18.04. If you look around, you'll mostly find 14.04/16.04 in supported OSe
by ktta 10y ago
But it's not LTS. All the major software stuff will be well supported for 16.04 till 18.04.
If you look around, you'll mostly find 14.04/16.04 in supported OSes. Even for OSS software, not just commercial stuff.
- jusssi 10y agoI think the parent means that it may take some time until the hardware support gets to Linux kernel. I bought a Broadwell laptop right when the first ones came out, and had a lot of trouble with the integrated graphics (Intel, who supposedly do a good job with their Linux drivers compared to anyone else). It took about an year for Ubuntu to package a kernel that didn't either have annoying blinking glitches or hard lock-ups regularly. Obviously, I've been using the mainline kernels all that time, but even with them it took a couple of months. So yes, caution and patience with bleeding edge hardware is advisable.