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Linux long-term supported releases, including Ubuntu, have so-called Hardware Enablement, where support for newer hardware is backported to the LTS version duri
by vetinari 10y ago
Linux long-term supported releases, including Ubuntu, have so-called Hardware Enablement, where support for newer hardware is backported to the LTS version during its lifetime.
- dragontamer 10y agoIs Ubuntu deciding to backport Ryzen / Kaby Lake to the 2009 LTS release of 10.4 (Kernel Version 2.6.32.21) Because that's how old Windows 7 is. If we want to compare apples to apples.
- justinjlynn 10y agoWindows 7 received patches during its lifetime as well, if you want to really get technical.
- hedora 10y agoI think the implication is that Microsoft still hasn't released a reasonable successor to windows 7 yet (because of telemetry, etc). I'll buy that. However, even if you grant me that, the statement still kind of falls apart, since you could argue that there is no ubuntu with feature parity with their last gnome based release (even the author of the article runs mint...)
- type0 10y agoYou could allays switch the kernel and see how it goes, otherwise you're comparing oranges with bananas.