29 Nov
2013
29 Nov
'13
3:56 a.m.
On 29 November 2013 10:16, Trent W. Buck <trentbuck(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Carl Turney <carl(a)boms.com.au> writes:
Lucid was 10.04, and 3y desktop support; Precise (12.04) came with 5y
desktop support.
Would be interesting to hear what the results of your script are on
the 12.04 release?
Although with 14.04 LTS due in six months, I'd suggest waiting for
that rather than locking into 12.04 now for five years.
On 28/11/13 10:52, Trent W. Buck wrote:
Actually no. As my script hopefully shows, most of your desktop
packages only receive 18mo support. My impression is that only packages
on the GUI install CD count are marked as Support: 3y and only the
packages on the server install CD are marked as Support: 5y. Lucid desktop packages are EOL'd.
You should be planning an upgrade path.
At least there's 5-year lifetimes for the desktop LTS releases.