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Ubuntu 18.04 will get a 10-year support lifespan
- craftyguy 8y agoDupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18459359 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18459359
- taeric 8y agoThis sounds huge. I'm hoping it is a trend that is either already common and I didn't realize it, or that catches on in the industry. The rapid iteration of many parts of our industry is fun, at times. There is something for stability of foundation, though. Edit: Copied this into the original posting...
- jpalomaki 8y agoI think it is starting to make sense for Microsoft to have their own Linux distro for servers. However acquiring Canonical may not be the way to do it. I don’t see any point for them to promote Linux on desktop. Buying Canonical and then getting rid of desktop side would be bad PR.
- gaius 8y agoTime to dust off the old Xenix brand! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenix#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenix#History