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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: 2) by aristarchus on Saturday April 19 2014, @05:28AM
Does Debian even _do_ LTS? I mean, there is stable, but support? I was disappointed by the move to 6. I mean, Windows has already gone to 11. What ever happened to incremental releases? Do we really have to keep up with the corporates?
(Score: 3, Informative) by NCommander on Saturday April 19 2014, @06:15AM
Debian used to release so infrequently that it was never a problem, and point releases regularly. The average time for a Debian release used to be counted in years. The old support period was one year after the new release came out. Debian and Ubuntu have strict checks to prevent library skewing so upgrades are less likely to cause a boom than say CentOS (which officially recommends you reinstall
Still always moving
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Saturday April 19 2014, @08:07AM
I am in awe the NCommander has responded to my lowly post! But the point, such as it was, still stands. Yes, Debian stable can be few and far between, but that is the point. Support is another issue, leading us into some kind of non-free software corporate hell of desks of Hell(P). Surely you see what I am saying? Or Shirley I should stop calling you "surely"? Yes, I am confused, but it is all in service of the final revolution,