Hi Roy,
You wrote:
A new version of Ubuntu comes out on April 17th. It will be LTS or long term support. If you install it and do not upgrade it, then support will last for five years. If you install it and upgrade it in six months then you will have to do so every six months. Ubuntu has two upgrade paths. One for the stable crowd and one for the adventurous crowd. There is an important change to note. Support for six month releases used to be for 18 months. That is no longer the case. It is only for 9 months now which means you no longer have the option to NOT upgrade in six months because you will have to re-install after 9 months if you let the support run out.
Linux Mint will come out about a month later and will be based on Ubuntu, as always. ...
So, there should be a new Mint out about May 17th.
Will it also be LTS?
LTS does sound convenient as long as something
really important (for not-to-fancy use) doesn't get
changed. I gather that, if someone does happen to
pull a rabbit out of a hat, one could just go ahead
and revert to the six-month pattern.
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Regards,
Gene Falck
gfalck@merr.com
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