[DC LoCo] Ubuntu LTS: what is difference between support for server and desktop?

[Greg Reagle]

Hello all.  I have a computer running Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.  According to https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29, it is supported until 2011-05-12 for desktop and until 2013-04 for server.

What exactly do "server" and "desktop" mean in this context?  I want to know how long security updates will be available for it.  Is it a server or a desktop, yuo ask.  Good question.  I use it as sort of a hybrid of both functions.  Does the operating system itself have some sort of distinct identity as a server or desktop?

Thanks.

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Greg Reagle
System Administrator
Center for Economic and Policy Research
reagle at cepr.net
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