lubuntu-qa team mailing list archive

[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

All the isos (even long Expired ones) are archived up [1]. Ubuntu does not
force someone using, say, 8.04 to upgrade. All that happens is they no
longer get updates from ubuntu. If there is another swathe of CPU's that
are dropped, we will mention that on the Wiki, just as we do for 10.04

Regards,

Phill.
1. http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/

On 13 June 2013 13:56, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> 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!
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
>>>
>>> *Best Regards,*
>>> *amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/>*
>>> *Start Ubuntu<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu/StartUbuntu>
>>> *
>>>
>>> *Test Machine: ASUS F3F Laptop - **Intel Core Duo T2350 @ 1.86GHz with
>>> 489MB RAM*
>>>
>>>  --
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
>>
>
>
> Hi Phill,
>
> I'm afraid you did not understand my email correctly. This is not what I
> was expecting :)
>
> BACK to archive: "we keep Lubuntu 10.04 because the drop of hardware
> support and some hardware will not work with other releases".
>
> FUTURE: one day, some other hardware will NOT be supported.
>
> That in short is what my first email is talking about.
> Long story? my first email will tell you in details :)
>
> Is that clear enough now?
>
> --
>
> "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
>
> *Best Regards,*
> *amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/>*
> *Start Ubuntu<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu/StartUbuntu>
> *
>
> *Test Machine: ASUS F3F Laptop - **Intel Core Duo T2350 @ 1.86GHz with
> 489MB RAM*
>
>


-- 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw