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From the article: "Ubuntu 12.04 will be a Long Term Support (LTS) release that will be supported for five years on both the server edition and, for the first t
by RexRollman 15y ago
From the article:
"Ubuntu 12.04 will be a Long Term Support (LTS) release that will be supported for five years on both the server edition and, for the first time, the desktop edition."
I was under the impression that previous LTS releases did include the desktop version. Is this article wrong or is my memory faulty?
- beza1e1 15y agoPrevious desktop versions were supported for only 2,5 years.
- dspillett 15y agoThere has previously been the distinction between server and desktop for the LTS support window, even though they are the same distribution just with different default packages selected by the installer (and the server D has the textual installer only, but you can install "desktop" from that or the "alternate" install CD). I can only assume that the distinction is that they wouldn't guarantee support via security updates for desktop-only packages like OO.o, browsers, and so on (perhaps even GNOME in its entirety), after the first 2.5 years but would guarantee it for packages likely to be installed on a headless server (ssh, Apache, bind, samba, ...)