Matt@lemdro.id to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoMageia 9 releasedwww.mageia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squareAnimortis@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoI honestly think we need community-managed LTS distros. This is a good start.
minus-squareProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months agoDoesn’t Debian already effectively fill that niche? The 18 months of support that Mageia has isn’t very LTS compared to Debian’s 5 years.
minus-squareAnimortis@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·10 months agoDebian supports their version for two years. Then you need to upgrade. But I just think more options are always good. Only having one just limits us to a mono-culture if we don’t want to go with some corporate solution.
minus-squareProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months ago Debian supports their version for two years. Then you need to upgrade. According to this, All Debian releases since Debian 6 have had LTS support, which extends support for a total of 5 years.
minus-squareSir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoIf that’s your argument, Mageia only supports each of the version for two years since release. I do agree that diversity is good tho.
I honestly think we need community-managed LTS distros. This is a good start.
Doesn’t Debian already effectively fill that niche? The 18 months of support that Mageia has isn’t very LTS compared to Debian’s 5 years.
Debian supports their version for two years. Then you need to upgrade.
But I just think more options are always good. Only having one just limits us to a mono-culture if we don’t want to go with some corporate solution.
According to this, All Debian releases since Debian 6 have had LTS support, which extends support for a total of 5 years.
I stand corrected!
If that’s your argument, Mageia only supports each of the version for two years since release.
I do agree that diversity is good tho.