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"This has been solved" is an arrogant way to put it.

• AnthonyMouse 2y ago
  Only if it hasn't actually been solved. LTS releases resolve the conflict between providing a stable system that receives only security updates and separately maintaining dozens of separate branches.
  • strken 2y ago
    They don't solve the problem, though, they merely reduce its scope. Ubuntu's LTS versions only last five years for free users, and they currently have to maintain seven of them.
  • dzaima 2y ago
    And now instead of having a small update every now and then that you can perhaps try to adapt to, you have a massive update every 5 years or whatever (or less if you happened to start out just before the next LTS) that'll basically guaranteed wreck everything (by design even!!) and for all intents and purposes might as well not exist cause there's no way you're upgrading to the horrible "new" mess. And we're back at people being stuck on outdated software, but now there's just absolutely no way whatsoever you'll get them to upgrade. Never mind the problem of if you started out on a non-LTS version. And also the problem of not getting the actually nice updates, and perhaps losing app compatibility. So, no, not solved at all.