[kwlug-disc] Ubuntu going back to Xorg

[Ron Singh]

@Doug,
Maybe I wasn't imagining 4.14LTS will be 6 years, see --
http://www.zdnet.com/article/long-term-support-linux-gets-a-longer-lease-on-life/

Of note, the first 2 paragraphs, where it is more than implied LTS will be
supported for 6 years starting with 4.4.

Also, I quote enjoy the talks by Greg Kroah-Hartman, the main dude for the
LTS releases and in this recent talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKadXpQLmPU

he made mention of the request from the Japanese gov't, they are looking
for an LTS that is supported for 20-30 years as they want to use the Linux
kernel in a whack of infrastructure refreshes.



Thanks,

Ron Singh


On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 1:57 PM, Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah, I see what you mean...Most news sites cite 4.4LTS and 4.14LTS being
> moved from 2 years to 6 years. Some sites are surely implying hard that LTS
> by definition means 6 years instead of the old 2 year cycle. GKH did say
> that 4.4 is now 6 years to more logically support the mobile ecosystem.
>
> Interestingly, this site says 4.14 is EOL Jan 2020 --
> https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
> which is pretty close to GKH saying that 4.14 is EOL in 2019 as per that
> page you cited.
>
> The LTS = 6 years implication has been circulating since at least November
> last year and yet, there seems to be no current clarification from GKH to
> quell the perception that LTS means 6 years.
>
> My bad, fake news. Sorry.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron Singh
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 1:32 PM, doug moen <doug at moens.org> wrote:
>
>> Can you give a reference for kernel 4.14 being supported for 6 years? The
>> official announcement says 2 years, which means until the end of 2019.
>> http://kroah.com/log/blog/2017/09/06/4-dot-14-equals-equals-
>> this-years-lts-kernel/
>>
>> On 26 January 2018 at 12:04, Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Now if only Ubuntu would use the 4.14LTS kernel(supported by the kernel
>>> folks for 6 years!) instead of the likely 4.15 NON-LTS kernel.
>>>
>>> Personally I would feel more comfortable knowing the kernel folks have
>>> my back on the 4.14LTS(6 years!) kernel than Ubuntu maintaining the 4.15
>>> kernel for their 18.04LTS release.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Ron Singh
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 8:24 AM, CrankyOldBugger <
>>> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> OK, I'm not sure what my opinion is on this just yet.. need time to
>>>> process!
>>>>
>>>> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/01/xorg-will-default-display
>>>> -server-ubuntu-18-04-lts
>>>>
>>>>
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