Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

[Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net>]

On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 03:37:16PM -0700, Mark wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Freeman <hewho7@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 03:03:41PM -0400, Matt Harrison wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
> > > <bss@iguanasuicide.net> wrote:
> > > > On 2011-04-05 12:24:39 Matt Harrison wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>Are we seriously going to argue about which version of Ubuntu is
> > > >>supported for how long?
> > > >
> > > > I think it is reasonable to discuss, if a little OT.
> > > >
> > > >>Who cares?
> > > >
> > > > Someone that doesn't necessarily want to upgrade on Debian's schedule.
> >  With
> > > > Ubuntu, you can get 5 years, as opposed to Debian's ~3 years.  With
> > SLE* you
> > > > can get 10 years.  I'm not sure about RHEL, but I think it is roughly a
> > SLE*
> > > > timeframe.
> > > >
With Ubuntu (I believe) you get "5 years for a server" and "3 years for
a desktop" if you go with an LTS release.  What packages are server
packages and what ones are desktop packages?  I don't know.  It would be
nice to see a list somewhere.

-Rob