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For those of you who thought Debian Stable wasn't stable enough, Michael Larabel over at Phoronix is reporting that Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" is being turned into an LTS release.
Regular security support for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" was set to end after next month, but now the Debian developers have decided to provide security support for this 2011 Debian Linux release until February 2016 - marking five years since the original Debian 6.0 release.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 19 2014, @03:03AM
"Compared to normal support, however, this "Squeeze LTS" Is just going to be i386 and amd64 support and there's some packages (such as some web browsers) that won't receive the five year support treatment."
Why not follow the ScientificLinux method and package Firefox ESR? That would keep a secure browser and only require three major release updates for the duration of Squeeze's remaining support cycle (FFX 30, 36, and 42 ESR).