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Canonical Extends Ubuntu LTS Support To 12 Years For Ubuntu Pro Customers
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At my workplace we have a PC with... Windows 2000. Like others said, if ain't broke, don't fix it, especially on machines that aren't connected to the internet. After working at this place that I can confirm that yes, Windows backwards compatibility is a big fat lie. I have a bunch of specialized software that will only work in the OS it was homologated and nothing else. So it is a case of "dance monkey, dance" to keep that stuff available for the end-users.
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This is going to bite them at some point. With the constant discoveries of vulnerabilities and bugs not only updating your packages but your kernel is critical as well.
Unless it's just a marketing scheme since no IT dept I know of keeps servers around on the same software for 12 years.
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Originally posted by pWe00Iri3e7Z9lHOX2Qx View PostHmm...set grandma up with a Xubuntu 24.04 install with a "free for up to 5 machines" license, install browser and other apps via flatpak and create a systemd unit to auto-update daily, and go visit her in 12 years at upgrade time?
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Originally posted by S.Pam View PostI think this is a problem of the Linux ecosystem. While it is true some software that worked on WinXP doesn't work on 7 or newer, most do.
IMHO, the Linux bases systems needs to be able to handle multiple libraries, have stable and compatible apis so that not everything breaks just because a small update/security fix to a library your app uses.
That is why those old WinXP boxes where still around, no one cared if the software might have worked in Win7 because there could be unknown edge cases while the WinXP platform had been a known platform for them for years on end already.
Red Hat started all of this on the Linux platform not due to some problems but because this was the only way to get the contracts when enterprises where replacing their old Unix systems.
Originally posted by Muddy View PostThis is going to bite them at some point. With the constant discoveries of vulnerabilities and bugs not only updating your packages but your kernel is critical as well.
Unless it's just a marketing scheme since no IT dept I know of keeps servers around on the same software for 12 years.
And one of those days you will discover what backporting is. The whole reason for Ubuntu extending the LTS support for 12 years is that they will provide patches for the vulnerabilities in your old existing libraries/applications, you don't need the Ubuntu PRO license to install and run their old distros.Last edited by F.Ultra; 25 March 2024, 04:05 PM.
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Originally posted by cardpuncher View Post
Unity is actively developed. See https://unityd.org/
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Originally posted by Muddy View PostThis is going to bite them at some point. With the constant discoveries of vulnerabilities and bugs not only updating your packages but your kernel is critical as well.
Unless it's just a marketing scheme since no IT dept I know of keeps servers around on the same software for 12 years.
As long as there are paying customers, Canonical is giving developers paychecks to do the work.
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Originally posted by skeevy420 View Post...I wouldn't be too surprised if XP machines are still in existence....
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