▲ 57 ▼ Mageia 9 released (www.mageia.org) submitted 2 years ago by Matt@lemdro.id to c/linux@lemmy.ml 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments Mageia is a Linux distribution forked from Mandriva. Release notes
[–] Animortis@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I honestly think we need community-managed LTS distros. This is a good start. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Animortis@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Animortis@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago I stand corrected! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Animortis@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Animortis@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago I stand corrected! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Animortis@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Animortis@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago I stand corrected! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Animortis@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago I stand corrected! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent