[ale] UBuntu 17.10 EOL today

[Lightner, Jeffrey]

I'd suggest ephemeralware rather than vaporware.  Since it did in fact exist it isn't vaporware.

Vaporware is used to describe software that is "coming in the next release" according to sales people that almost never comes in the next release and often enough never comes in any future release.   Any time a sales person answers my question with "we don't have that now but..." I ignore the "now but..." as the real answer is "we don't have that".


Online definition I found that is much kinder than it ought to be:

"va·por·ware
ˈvāpərˌwer/
nounComputinginformal
noun: vapourware; noun: vaporware

software or hardware that has been advertised but is not yet available to buy, either because it is only a concept or because it is still being written or designed."


-----Original Message-----
From: Ale [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Byron Jeff via Ale
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2018 11:08 AM
To: DJ-Pfulio; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] UBuntu 17.10 EOL today

This is the reason I only run LTS versions. It just feels like the non LTS versions are like vaporware. Wait a year, and everything disappears.

Any comments on the stability of 18.04. I haven't upgraded any of my machines from 16.04 yet. Is it time?

BAJ

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 10:08:57AM -0400, DJ-Pfulio via Ale wrote:
> If you are running any version of Ubuntu 17.10, today is the last day 
> to get patches.
> https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/07/ubuntu-17-10-end-of-life
> 
> At this point, normal people should be running either 16.04.x or 18.04.
> People with servers might still have some 14.04.x machines for another 
> 6 months or so before support ends.
> 
> If you aren't running 16.04.x or 18.04, time to move.
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