Comments on: Ubuntu vs RHEL in enterprise computing

By: mark

mark — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:53:12 +0000

@fossfreedom

We support LTS-to-LTS upgrades, so yes, you could stay on 12.04 LTS, then move to 16.04 LTS (in our current testing plan we would test the migration from 12.04 to 14.04 and then to 16.04, not directly).

By: fossfreedom

fossfreedom — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 11:01:45 +0000

Mark – its not clear what the LTS upgrade strategy is beyond 12.04.

i.e. – could a 12.04 business jump to 16.04 directly – i.e. plan to upgrade in 4 years time? If a 12.04 user keeps going for the full 5 years – can we assume they need to first move to 17.04 … 17.10 and then 18.04 LTS – doesnt sound ideal for business users.

Any chance of clarification?

By: Andrew Ampers Taylor

Andrew Ampers Taylor — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:54:32 +0000

@mark @lillian

Life always goes on. There are so many examples in this world where people have thought something has ended, but on it goes. Mark is right when he says your fears won’t materialise.

Ampers

By: mark

mark — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:51:26 +0000

@Lilian

Customers who want work done on the kernel, and hardware providers who are shipping new silicon and want a kernel to show it off, will always drive kernel development. Canonical is just as effective a conduit for that as any other company, so I don’t think your fears will materialise.

By: Lilian

Lilian — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 05:51:17 +0000

If Ubuntu will take over RedHat customers that will be very bad news. 60% of the Linux Kernel is written and maintained by RedHat, a bunch of good software is written by RedHat and they contribute it to the Open Source World. While Canonical… If RedHat looses customers then it won’t support Linux so much then Canonical wouldn’t be able to say that look how good our operating system is because almost all the stuff they are using is actually RedHat’s work… Bye, bye RedHat equals Bye, bye Ubuntu.

By: j03

j03 — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 02:17:47 +0000

All you Ubunutu haters are funny. You’re just mad because your peepees are getting smacked down. Ubuntu should be hailed and respected – for bringing an attractive open source desktop OS to the masses and away from the destructive corporatocracy which has made them dumb sheep-like beings for so many years

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