Overall release frequency for LTS?

[Eamonn Sullivan]

On 9/25/06, sbergman27 <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I'm an admin for about 50 Linux desktop users.  I've moved from Fedora
> to CentOS (RHEL) due to the rather cavalier attitude of FC towards
> patches and the expiration date being only slightly longer than milk.
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> And I'm happy with CentOS... except that I would like to have the
> option of upgrading some of my customers more frequently than every
> 18-24 months.  Plus, a more desktop oriented distro would be nice.
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> Ubuntu is excellent.  I'm a long-time redhat fan, but I now use
> Dapper.
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> I'm even starting to think about migrating some of my customers to it
> as the opportunity arises.
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> But I'd like to know more about the long term release strategy.
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> The LTS6.06 is supported on the desktop for 3 years.  Normal releases
> are supported for 18 months (which is OK).
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> How frequently are LTS releases planned?
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If I understand your question correctly, Ubuntu releases new stable
versions every six months or so. The next one is due in October. That
gives you about six opportunities during the LTS timeframe to decide
whether you want to upgrade some of your desktops to the more
cutting-edge "stable" (but not LTS) releases.

But maybe I misunderstand your question. The six-month release cycle
is pretty well-known about Ubuntu. Do you mean when is the next
long-term-support release? I have no idea.

-Eamonn