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1. amelius · 1790777647 · focus · HN ↗

   What's with the ".04" in the version numbers?

   1. __s · 1790777685 · focus · HN ↗

      yy.mm

      1. [deleted] · 1790777802 · focus · HN ↗

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   2. xyzzy_plugh · 1790777766 · focus · HN ↗

      It came out in April. Their LTS releases always come out in April of even numbered years.

      1. dist-epoch · 1790779601 · focus · HN ↗

         But the "final" LTS release is always in August, so maybe they should also have a .08

         1. jeroenhd · 1790780014 · focus · HN ↗

            The versions are all pinned to the ones picked for the April release. The .1 at the end is just a grace period so people don't get update prompts in case there are bugs in the .04 release.
         2. MaKey · 1790780105 · focus · HN ↗

            It's a patch release, therefore the .1 suffix.
   3. [deleted] · 1790777803 · focus · HN ↗

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   4. thewisenerd · 1790777890 · focus · HN ↗

      [year].[month].[patch]

      ubuntu does two releases in a year, one in april (26.04) and one in october (26.10 on october 15)

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Ubuntu_version_history" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Ubuntu_version_history

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