[plug] New Installation- question.?

[Bret Busby]

On Sun, 5 Apr 2009, Paul Antoine wrote:

>
> As for Brett's suggestion re versions of Ubuntu: the new version 9.04
> will indeed be out shortly and comes with long term support (5 years.)
> Personally I've not found the 3 year support to be an issue for desktops
> though the 5 year support is mighty handy for production servers.
>
>

Actually, ....

I had posted a query on the Ubuntu users' list, asking whether 9.04, due 
out in 3 weeks, will be a Long Term Support version, and, the answer 
was no, it will not be a Long Term Support version.

But 8.04 will be supported for another 2 years.

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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"So once you do know what the question actually is,
  you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
   Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
   "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
   A Trilogy In Four Parts",
   written by Douglas Adams,
   published by Pan Books, 1992

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