Newest Gnome versus LTS

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 18 Jul 2019 12:32:36 +0200, Oliver Grawert wrote:
>old versions of what ?

Hi,

I dislike to trash old hardware that still works without issues, but if
the old hardware isn't supported anymore, the usage requires
reconsideration. Online banking is the first kind of usage I would stop
doing.

The CPU of my Linux PC is a 6.60.3 Intel Celeron G1840 formerly
Haswell. It seemingly still gets microcode updates [1].

It should be no issue to update Linux (kernel and apps) as long as my
mobo and Celeron are still working. I wonder how important
microcode updates are.

I still own an old iPad. The last iOS update for this iPad was released
August 25, 2016. Some apps still get updates, but not all apps and
especially not the underlying OS.

My new iPadPro 3rd gen is the newest available, released in the end of
2018.

I wonder when Intel stops providing updates for the Celeron and when
Apple stops providing iOS updates for the iPadPro. Ubuntu and other
distros for sure support the Celeron for way more than long enough.

For light-scribe only I still keep a very, very outdated Ubuntu
install, just in case it one day should break for my current installs.

Regards,
Ralf

[1]
Linux* Processor Microcode Data File 20190312 Latest
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/80800/intel-celeron-processor-g1840-2m-cache-2-80-ghz.html

-- 
pacman -Q linux{,-rt{-cornflower,-pussytoes,,-securityink}}|cut -d\  -f2
5.2.1.arch1-1
5.2_rt1-0
5.0.21_rt16-1
5.0.19_rt11-1
4.19.50_rt22-0