Richard Pieri <richard.pi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Huh. For some reason I though[t] the last Ubuntu LTS was 12.04.
Decoding the Ubuntu release schedule; since at least 2007 it's been predictable: * Every April and October, they do a major release * Each major release has an code name; starting with Dapper Drake up through Trusty Tahr they've been in alphabetical order * There are usually 2-4 minor updates in between (e.g. 12.04.3) * LTS releases since 2006 are the first one in each even-numbered year, and get published updates for 60 months. * Non-LTS releases get updates for 18 months but they're now planning to cut that to 9 months. So if you look at a version number like 12.04, you know it was put out in 2012 during the 4th month (April). I ran across Ubuntu in 2007, and it seemed to come out of nowhere in an already-crowded field of distros. Their testing and release strategy put them leagues ahead right out of the starting gate, and I've found myself emulating their model as I pursue my own career with continuous-integration (hence, in part, my email address ci.net). Others like OpenSuSE (which I still use as well) have copied their model quite successfully. -rich _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
