Review: Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS shines
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) represents the first release from Canonical to deliver long-term support since 2011 (version 14). While the latest improvements may not be entirely revolutionary, Ubuntu 16.04 rounds up exciting features to fortify the server base and enhance the desktop experience. InfoWorld reviewed the new desktop release in April. In this review, I’ll focus on the server.
One of the key updates in this release comes by way of the new Snap package archive. Canonical’s LTS repositories are notoriously outpaced by modern software release cycles. It’s the classic trade-off for stability: Canonical moves slowly to adopt new versions of packages in order to vet applications and ensure they don’t muck up your system. Unfortunately, that induces a lag time that leaves users waiting as the latest and greatest software passes them by.
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Just Wow...
So this is what passes for journalism today?
Did this guy do the slightest bit of fact checking?
There have only been two LTS versions of Ubuntu since 2011. That would be 12.04 and 14.04.
Ubuntu's version numbering scheme is the date of release i.e. - 2012, Apr and 2014, Apr. So even though the LTS version is fully supported for 5yrs, Canonical releases LTS versions every 2yrs.
And what makes LTS desirable is the stability of the software which is accomplished by not using bleeding edge releases of software in the distro. Rather, using what works reliably.
IDG
I agree.
Apparently IDG considered such "journalism" so good that they put the article behind a paywall.