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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS To Get 12 Years of Updates
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this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2024
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So next LTS might have to be resilient to the 2038 bug (32 bit signed timestamps overflow). I wonder how many softwares are vulnerable 🤔
Suspiciously all current LTS expire on Dec 2026 there is nothing planned ahead of this. And 3y for 6.6 is the shortest of any LTS I remember. My bet is Linus retiring then LF taking over everything.
@Bogasse @ylai