Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 4 Dec 2005 17:11:57 +0100 | From | Matthias Andree <> | Subject | Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel |
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On Sun, 04 Dec 2005, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 15:57 +0100, M. wrote: > > > > > if distros would align on those 6months versions those less > > experienced users would get 5 years support on those kernels. > > no distro gives 5 years of support for a kernel done every 6 months; > they start such projects more like every 18 to 24 months (SuSE used to > do it a bit more frequently but it seems they also slowed this down).
SUSE end-user distros (SUSE LINUX <version>) are released every 6 months or so, and are supported for 24 months. Their "enterprise server" is supported for 60 months though, SLES 9 forked off 9.1.
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