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[Rachel]

Hey,

Can anyone tell me, how long ( time duration ) Karmic Koala will be supported?

Few mins back I upgraded from Jaunty to Karmic.

[coopstah13]

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[techieMoe]

Regular (non-LTS) releases are supported for a year and a half on the desktop. LTS releases are supported for three years. The next LTS release is scheduled for April 2010 (Lucid Lynx).

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[Rachel]

Earlier I had Jaunty server distro then I upgraded to Karmic. Through Update Manager.

Is it a year and half or 3 years.
I feel a year and half is too short

[reed9]

The LTS server releases are supported for 5 years, so Ubuntu 8.04 server doesn't reach end of life until April 2013. If you need longer support, probably best to use 8.04.

Otherwise, upgrade again with 10.04, and you'll have 5 years server support for that as well.

I believe the non-LTS server releases are still the usual 18 months.

[techieMoe]

Earlier I had Jaunty server distro then I upgraded to Karmic. Through Update Manager.

Is it a year and half or 3 years.
I feel a year and half is too short

As I said before, regular releases (like 9.10 Karmic) are supported for a year and a half. That means that in April 2011 no new security updates will be provided for Karmic Koala.

Long-Term-Support (LTS) releases like 8.04 Hardy Heron and the upcoming 10.04 Lucid Lynx are supported for 3 years.

If you're concerned about not having to upgrade every year and a half I recommend sticking to the LTS releases only and upgrading them once every 3 years when a new LTS comes out.

EDIT: If you're talking about server releases then it's 5 years support for an LTS release.

[Rachel]

The reason why I'm so bothered is that, I did a install of asterisk on Jaunty server in my office.

While upgrading to Karmic, I had to keep my extensions.conf ( Dialplan ) and sip.conf files rather than upgrading it.

At home, I don't mind upgrading, whether 18 months or 5 years

[reed9]

In general, unless there is a major change to a piece of software, the config files aren't going to change much, there should rarely be a problem using older config files.

I would backup your config files before an upgrade, and use a tool like meld to check the differences and make any necessary changes.

[Rachel]

I did have a backup copy of my dialplan.

Since I'm bit lazy to type the diaplan all over again, I just kept it rather than upgrading the files.