Ubuntu considers “huge” change that would end traditional release cycle (ars technica)

Ars technica reports that Canonical is considering switching to a rolling release model for the Ubuntu distribution. "But 14.04 in April 2014 could be the last version released after just a six-month development period. 14.04 is also the next 'Long Term Support' or LTS edition. Every two years, Ubuntu is sort of frozen in place with a more stable edition that is guaranteed support for five years. If the change Canonical is considering is adopted, every future edition starting with 14.04 will be an LTS, so the next version after 14.04 would be 16.04 in April 2016."

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