[ale] phoronix.com: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Desktop To Be Supported Longer (5 Years)

[Dow Hurst]

Just read the post and have to chime in that for an educational research
environment where none of the users want change and there is just me to
upgrade the OSes on our linux workstations, this switch to a 5 year support
plan for the desktop is a big win.  Thanks for the heads up!
Sincerely,
Dow
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On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Richard Faulkner <rfaulkner at 34thprs.org>wrote:

> **
> Interesting development and a wise move (IMHO).  But speaking from my own
> narrow opinion, I am not a fan of Unity nor Gnome 3 nor KDE or Xfce.  I'm
> rather partial to Gnome 2 and am quite happy with that.  I liked Fedora and
> I really like Ubuntu but more and more find myself wondering if I'm going
> to be custom building my own fork of Ubuntu to get what I want or go to
> Mint.  Am I the only one thinking this way or are others like me and happy
> with the desktop classic?  Perhaps a well placed email to Canonical asking
> for a choice at installation for which desktop we want?  Is such a thing
> feasible?  Perhaps not in a CD release but certainly in a DVD image?
>
> Rich in Lilburn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From*: Don Kramer <donkramer at gmail.com<Don%20Kramer%20%3cdonkramer at gmail.com%3e>
> >
> *Reply-to*: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
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> >
> *Subject*: [ale] phoronix.com: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Desktop To Be Supported
> Longer (5 Years)
> *Date*: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:06:40 -0400
>
> I think this is big news on the desktop front: Starting with Ubuntu
> 12.04's April 2012 release, Canonical's support for the desktop release
> will be five years (which they've already been doing for the server
> edition) instead of three.
>
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAwNDE
>
> And for you Gnome 3 haters, since for Ubuntu 10.04 the LTS three year
> support cycle also included the KDE version (Kubuntu 10.04 LTS) and the
> Xfce version (Xubuntu 10.04 LTS), hopefully the five year support cycle
> will include those too, as well as the newest official Ubuntu derived
> distro .. Lubuntu with the LXDE desktop.
>
> I switched to Debian Squeeze as my primary distro (from Ubuntu) this year,
> but this development may make me reconsider Ubuntu.
>
>
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