Ubuntu Newbie Question

sleddog

Is there a "Ubuntu 12.04" and a "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS", or is the same thing?

(If I select "Ubuntu 12.04" as the distro for a VM, is this the LTS release?)

I said it was a newbie question!!

Thanks

trexos

There is only one 12.04 and it can be LTS or not. Dont know if 12.04 is one of these LTS.

Bte LTS: long term support

serverian

12.04 is LTS just like 10.04 was and 14.04 will be.

sleddog

Got it, thanks

ska

@sleddog said:
Is there a "Ubuntu 12.04" and a "Ubuntu 12.04 LTS", or is the same thing?

For future reference: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS

sleddog

ska said: For future reference: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS

Yes I saw that page, it didn't really answer the question. No matter, confusion resolved.

BuyCPanel_Alex

They are the same exact thing

painfreepc

Yes I saw that page, it didn't really answer the question.

i wanted to say that, but some say i am a smart ass, so i am glad you said it,

i use ubuntu 12.04 LTS i know they have a 12.04 LTS minimal

The Minimal CD will download packages from online archives at installation time instead of providing them on the install CD itself.

source: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD

ska

@painfreepc said:

The site cited above does indeed answer all questions related to any version of Ubuntu and its type of being a LTS-version or not. The label LTS clarifies if a version has extended support, hence the name. There is only one 12.04. And this has extended support. Therefore it is a LTS-version.

A complete different subject is how a Ubuntu version gets distributed. You can download a full DVD-image, a netinstall, a minimal image. This, however, has nothing to do with the question of how long the team at Ubuntu will support a specific version (LTS or not).

sleddog

Another question:

Does Ubuntu 12.04 LTS stay with PHP 5.3 even after 5.3 goes end-of-life?

I'm not asking how to update PHP... I'm wondering if the Ubuntu/Debian package maintainers backport security fixes to PHP 5.3, like is done with CentOS.

tchen

Yes they do. It's part of main. Double check using

apt-cache show php5 | grep ^Supported

sleddog

Thanks @tchen, that's what I wanted to hear

perennate

@sleddog said:
Another question:

Does Ubuntu 12.04 LTS stay with PHP 5.3 even after 5.3 goes end-of-life?

I'm not asking how to update PHP... I'm wondering if the Ubuntu/Debian package maintainers backport security fixes to PHP 5.3, like is done with CentOS.

5.3 sucks, you can't even do func()[0]