CentOS - as i understand it, 4 years full, 7 years security patch: http://wiki.centos.org/Download http://wiki.centos.org/AlainRegueraDelgado?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=en-centos-lifecycle.png
Ubuntu LTS is 3 years desktop, 5 years server: <http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition/benefits/lifecycle>. I still have not tracked down how that is defined: is it per-package, or per which image I used to install - what if i install from the server CD, remove server packages, and install desktop packages? (Tangent: problem with 3-yr/2-yr cycle for desktop LTS, is that at the end of life for one LTS, there is no Ubuntu with 3 *remaining* years of lifecycle: the meantime LTS has only 2 years left, and the next LTS is a year off.) Linkname: Operating Systems Lifecycle Chart URL: http://benjamin-schweizer.de/operating-systems-lifecycle-chart.html /Randall _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
