[EdLUG] System Update

Mon Jul 24 07:50:52 UTC 2017

We got the jist :-)

Glad you got the update done.

Andrew.

On Mon, 24 Jul 2017 at 08:26, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <
edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:

> I hate  autocorrect
>
> On 24 Jul 2017 08:25, "Andrew Ramage" <andrew.ramage.1963 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you.  I havwill updated my system now.
>>
>> (Popted from holiday in Fort Augustus )
>>
> On 23 Jul 2017 21:54, "Edinburgh Linux Users Group" <
>> edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:
>>
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>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I think the OP might be getting mixed up between 16.10 (non-LTS, just
>> went end of life) and 16.04
>>
>> A quick Google brought me to this page which has the life cycles listed
>> and mentions a command you can run to determineÂ  your support status.
>>
>> https://www.ubuntu.com/info/release-end-of-life
>>
>> Also see:
>>
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On 22/07/2017 23:44, Edinburgh Linux Users Group wrote:
>>
>> Ubuntu flavours on 16.04 are Long Term Supported/LTS and supported til
>> 2019 as previously mentioned.
>>
>>
>> Not sure how you got the impression you were out of support ?
>>
>>
>>
>> Unless you are keen to follow the progress of Ubuntu release-by-release
>> every 6 months, you should probably stay with 16.04 ; your next upgrade
>> opportunity will then be Ubuntu 18.04 in April next year.
>>
>>
>> Please don't recommend going to non-LTS versions without specific reason
>> - unless you are ready to take up the mantle of tech supporting it ;-)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ===
>> Tai Kedzierski
>> Linux Operations and Deployments Engineer
>>
>> RHCSA # 170-060-834
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I use LibreOffice <https://www.libreoffice.org/> , a free,
>> Freedom-respecting replacement for MS Office
>>
>> *Open Source Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price.*
>> http://bit.ly/foss-why-care
>>
>>
>> On 22 July 2017 at 23:34, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <
>> edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Saturday, July 22, 2017 at 22:20:02 (+0000), Edinburgh Linux Users
>>> Group wrote:
>>> Â >
>>> Â >Â  Â  I think it actually may still be in support:
>>> Â >
>>>
>> Â >Â  Â  [1]https://xubuntu.org/release/16-04/
>>>
>> Â >
>>> Â >Â  Â  The end-of-support date is April 2019.
>>>
>>> Yes, of course it is; that's why it;s called LONG TERM support.
>>>
>>> Ubuntu supports standard releases for 9 months, and LTS releases for
>>> five years. LTS releases are made every two years.
>>>
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