On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote: > On 2011-04-05 12:07:16 George Standish wrote: >>On 05/04/11 01:04 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >>> On 2011-04-05 11:51:13 George Standish wrote: >>>>> If you need more support than Debian provides and<= 5 years, install an >>>>> Ubuntu LTS. >>>> >>>> Just to clarify, Ubuntu LTS releases are 5 years for the server version, >>>> 3 years for the desktop version. >>> >>> They use the same repositories. What exactly is the difference? Does the >>> server version not include "restricted"? (Like neither version includes >>> "universe" or "multiverse".) >> >>I'm really not sure, I've only used the desktop version (besides some >>very superficial installs of server in a VM). > > From > <http://www.canonical.com/sites/default/files/active/Top_10_ServerQA_Eng_WP_AW_0.pdf>: > 10. Can I install server packages on an Ubuntu Desktop installation > and vice versa? > Yes – Ubuntu’s flexibility makes it easy. The Ubuntu software repositories > do not isolate packages to particular types of deployments. All the server > software in the repositories is available to the desktop user, and all the > desktop > software can also be installed on the server. > This means Ubuntu provides a simple testing platform, where software can > be trialled, adapted and configured on a systems administrator’s workstation > easily, before being deployed on the server. > > tl;dr: No difference. > > Responding to something elsewhere in the thread. "universe" and "multiverse" > are not covered under desktop edition or server edition support. They are > sort of like "non-free" -- best effort support. That said, there's a lot of > good people on the MotU team that keeps "universe" in descent shape for a year > or so after a release, but I wouldn't count on 5 years. > -- > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. > b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) > ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' > http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/ >
Are we seriously going to argue about which version of Ubuntu is supported for how long? Who cares? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTi=0t+kgllf4fvrssdirqa1f8h1...@mail.gmail.com