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Author: Matthew Moore
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Subject: Re: [bitfolk] Ubuntu 13.04 LTS (Raring Ringtail) available for install
On 25/04/13 13:57, Murray Crane wrote:
> Pedantry on my part, but 13.04 isn't an LTS release, that "honour" is
> reserved for even year April releases (10.04, 12.04, 14.04...).
>
> Kind regards
>
> Murray Crane
>
> Kind regards
>
> Murray Crane
>
>
> On 25 April 2013 13:53, Andy Smith <andy@???
> <mailto:andy@bitfolk.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,

>
>     Ubuntu 13.04 LTS was released today.

>
>         https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/ReleaseNotes

>
>     For those eager to try it out, I've created an entry within the
>     self-installer that allows you to do a clean install of it.

>
>         https://tools.bitfolk.com/wiki/Using_the_self-serve_net_installer

>
>     I tested that it boots and can be SSHed into over IPv4 and v6, but
>     that is as far as my testing went.

>
>     I haven't tried an upgrade from 10.04.x; if anyone does give that a
>     go then creating a wiki page with any gotchas would be appreciated.

>
>     Cheers,
>     Andy

>


Even worse, the support time for 13.04 is less than normal. It's 9
months for non LTS releases so 13.04 goes EoL Jan 2014. Unless you need
bleeding edge, I wouldn't install 13.04 as a server.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Cheers,

Matt

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