Extended stable support for the 3.8 kernel

Posted May 14, 2013 20:54 UTC (Tue) by gowen (guest, #23914)
In reply to: Extended stable support for the 3.8 kernel by post-factum
Parent article: Extended stable support for the 3.8 kernel

See the first sentence of the announcement: "Since Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring" uses the 3.8 kernel..." - it's in their Long-Term Support release, so they're providing Long-Term Support for it...

Extended stable support for the 3.8 kernel

Posted May 14, 2013 21:02 UTC (Tue) by post-factum (subscriber, #53836) [Link]

13.04 is not LTS.

Extended stable support for the 3.8 kernel

Posted May 14, 2013 21:04 UTC (Tue) by tcourbon (guest, #60669) [Link] (1 responses)

It's not a long tern supported release. Raring is a standard release and is supported for about a year. LTS are supported several years, 3 for desktop if my memory serves me well but it may have changed.

Extended stable support for the 3.8 kernel

Posted May 14, 2013 23:20 UTC (Tue) by davidm (guest, #35) [Link]

Ubuntu LTS now gets 5 years support on both Desktop and Server.