Will be available Hardy Kubuntu 8.04.3 ??? (Ubuntu IS)

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Re: Will be available Hardy Kubuntu 8.04.3 (Ubuntu IS)

Yes and no .

Ubuntu = A Debian based Linux release with the Gnome desktop.
Kubuntu = A Debian based Linux release with the KDE desktop.

Both the Ubuntu and the Kubuntu are using same bits and pieces. You will get same updates with both desktops.

The Ubuntu 8.04 LTS will get point releases 8.04.1, 8.04.2.... > Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS released. Ubuntu 8.04 end of life date: April 2011 (desktop) > Releases

The Kubuntu 8.04 is supported until 2009-10 > Kubuntu wiki. The Kubuntu 8.04 is not LTS.


LTS = Long Term Support

> Kubuntu 8.04 (not) LTS

Jonathan Riddell
Thu Dec 20 17:05:33 GMT 2007

...
We regularly review each release during the development cycle, keeping
an eye on the work that our upstreams are doing. From time to time,
this work reaches a natural rest point resulting in a particularly
stable release. For these releases, Canonical makes a commercial
commitment to provide support for a longer term and these become known
as "LTS" releases.

Since KDE 4 is a major change to the platform, it is not currently at
one of these natural rest points so would not be suitable for long
term support. Instead, due to the very high interest, development
efforts will be directed towards KDE 4 and releasing Kubuntu 8.04 with
the option of using either KDE 3.5 or KDE 4.
...