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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The kernel on the release iso will never change (nor will ANYTHING else).
Release ISO's are specifically frozen in time, for all time. This is why on
LTS when a new iso is created it has a .1, .2, .3 and .4 suffix.

Regards,

Phill.

On 13 June 2013 13:20, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I always prefer to think and plan ahead and I'm sure you all agree this is
> a good idea. "Better safe than sorry" :)
>
> Having that said, I'm sure you all know that we are in 2013 and Linux
> Kernel starting from series 3.xx and later, started to drop the support for
> some hardware. Day after day, the dropping will increase, no doubt about it.
>
> DO NOT worry, I'm not trying to create any issue over here. In fact, I'm
> trying to discuss this right here, right now because again, better safe
> than sorry and better to think ahead better than wait until something
> happens.
>
> 1- What will Lubuntu do (as a team - all of us) if after X
> days/months/years, new releases of Lubuntu can no longer be installed on
> the same hardware that version 13.04/13.10 will support?
>
> 2- Are we considering each and every option? did we see that coming? are
> we ready?
>
> 3- Some may think this is too early to be discussed but IMHO, this is the
> right time so can we discuss that professionally?
>
> And that is all for now :)
>
>
> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2020196/linux-3-8-will-drop-support-for-intel-386-chips.html
>
> And that won't be the one and only dropping, IMHO.
> They are moving too fast, really fast!
>
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