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Upgrade your desktop: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS is now available

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pluc · 1790778435 · focus · HN ↗
I'm curious what the audience is for Ubuntu nowadays? If you use it - why Ubuntu over another distro? Is it still largely a beginner-friendly stepping stone?
1. BadBadJellyBean · 1790778952 · focus · HN ↗
  I use it because I am very happy with the release schedule and the maturity. I don't want to use the latest greatest. I want something that works and has some manpower (and maybe money) behind it. I am not the biggest fan of snap but I know how to get around it.
  1. theandrewbailey · 1790781076 · focus · HN ↗
    May I suggest Debian? It's 90+% the same as Ubuntu, and is updated about as often as Ubuntu LTS, but no snaps.
    pluc · 1790781775 · focus · HN ↗
    This is genuinely what I'd answer to almost every comment in this thread.
    For parent: Debian's release cycle is great, on top of letting you choose a degree of stability with one word: <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/" rel="nofollow">https://www.debian.org/releases/
    theandrewbailey · 1790782389 · focus · HN ↗
    > letting you choose a degree of stability with one word
    Debian Sid: the original rolling release distro.
    ASalazarMX · 1790792572 · focus · HN ↗
    I tried Debian before, but settled for Ubuntu LTS for their predictable release cycle and LTS support, combined with Debian's disadvantages of slow and irregular, and needing more tinkering to support my hardware.
    Checking out Debian's release cycle, it seems like things have changed a lot. I need to give it another try.
    BadBadJellyBean · 1790782499 · focus · HN ↗
    I usually don't use LTS. Debian release cycle is too long for me.
    ASalazarMX · 1790793025 · focus · HN ↗
    In my case I won't notice a difference. I use Ubuntu LTS for the stability and LTS, and it seems Debian release cycle is also every two years.
    Ubuntu LTS comes out every two years, and the x.1 release after the first six months is the point where it's as rock solid as it will be for the rest of the support cycle. Interim releases gave me too much trouble, because there's no stable x.1 for them, only a new release with new potential surprises.
    IMO Ubuntu interim releases are the equivalent of Debian Testing, testing grounds to prepare for the next real^w stable release.
    aragilar · 1790842840 · focus · HN ↗
    Unless you only use what's in the "main" section (which is surprising small, far more things are in "universe" than you'd expect), then you are getting the same software (or sometimes even older) than Debian.

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