To relate that to Ubuntu, which is a Debian derivative.<br><br>Ubuntu has the concept of LTS (long term support). It is 3 years for the desktop<br>and 5 years for the server.<br><br>The current one is 8.04 (released in 2008, April). After issuing security releases <br>
for a while, they will release 8.04.1, then 8.04.2, ...etc, so you do not need to <br>download a boat load of updates, and you are mostly up to date when you install.<br><br>The current version of the LTS is 8.04.3<br><br>
<a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu-releases/hardy/">http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu-releases/hardy/</a><br><br>One of Ubuntu's reasons for existing is to provide a more up to date version<br>than the long release cycle of Debian. Glad to see that Debian is working <br>
to remedy that a bit.<br>-- <br>Khalid M. Baheyeldin<br><a href="http://2bits.com">2bits.com</a>, Inc.<br><a href="http://2bits.com">http://2bits.com</a><br>Drupal optimization, development, customization and consulting.<br>
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