My Weekend Linux Misadventure
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@scottalanmiller said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
@Obsolesce said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
What's your definition of "supported"?
Same as the industry. We go over this a lot. That the vendor will do everything within reason to fix and make work the product in question.
The entire industry has the same definition, even if no one talks about it. Everyone asks "is something supported" and we all know what it means. And we all know that some vendors use the term loosely to make a quick sale. Like Windows is called "supported" but you don't get any support, not what anyone accepts as being supported.
Supported to me doesn't mean it has to be free support. So you're saying you can't BUY support for 18.04 LTS from Ubuntu?
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@kamidon said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
Wouldn't the latest Ubuntu/whatever Linux be more actively worked on and the LTS version is just getting the old updates, like "last years updates".
Exactly, if it wasn't the LTS would be "current."
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@scottalanmiller said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
Canonical always supports updating your LTS to a supported version, and that's how they get away with calling it "supported." It's supported... to get to a supported version. But if anything requires LTS that thing can't be called supported because Canonical's support requires that that thing be out of support.
(I also did this during my horrific journey when I had a second attempt. I manually upgraded to 19.04 from the LTS version. SO MANY STEPS! But it was pretty easy...since all the steps are plainly laid out on the particular website I was on.)
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@kamidon said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
So in terms of compatibility, maybe third party programs would run better on more recent versions then?
Compatibility, which is wildly different than "Supported" can go any which way. Personally, I've found currents tend to be way better in compatibility than LTSs, for the obvious reasons. but there are reasons why an LTS might do better - fewer changes and updates, more time to get things fixed before a change comes along.
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@scottalanmiller said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
Canonical always supports updating your LTS to a supported version, and that's how they get away with calling it "supported." It's supported... to get to a supported version. But if anything requires LTS that thing can't be called supported because Canonical's support requires that that thing be out of support.
That would be like saying that Windows Server 2003 is supported because MS has a process to upgrade you to Server 2019 - that's just madness.
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@Dashrender said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
@scottalanmiller said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
@Obsolesce said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
What's your definition of "supported"?
Same as the industry. We go over this a lot. That the vendor will do everything within reason to fix and make work the product in question.
The entire industry has the same definition, even if no one talks about it. Everyone asks "is something supported" and we all know what it means. And we all know that some vendors use the term loosely to make a quick sale. Like Windows is called "supported" but you don't get any support, not what anyone accepts as being supported.
Supported to me doesn't mean it has to be free support. So you're saying you can't BUY support for 18.04 LTS from Ubuntu?
You sure can buy support for 18.04 LTS. We have Ubuntu Advantage that supports features only on 16.04 or 18.04
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@Dashrender said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
@scottalanmiller said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
Canonical always supports updating your LTS to a supported version, and that's how they get away with calling it "supported." It's supported... to get to a supported version. But if anything requires LTS that thing can't be called supported because Canonical's support requires that that thing be out of support.
That would be like saying that Windows Server 2003 is supported because MS has a process to upgrade you to Server 2019 - that's just madness.
Exactly. Which no one in their right minds accepts as being "supported", but it's what people accept in many cases for Ubuntu. They don't accept that from any other vendor, why the special case here?
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@IRJ said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
You sure can buy support for 18.04 LTS. We have Ubuntu Advantage that supports features only on 16.04 or 18.04
Obviously. And from Canonical's own support "we will support those version for updating to the supported current version."
Just because you can buy something called support, doesn't mean you get support.
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@scottalanmiller said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
@kamidon said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
Wouldn't the latest Ubuntu/whatever Linux be more actively worked on and the LTS version is just getting the old updates, like "last years updates".
Exactly, if it wasn't the LTS would be "current."
Aside from security updates of course, those get applied likely around the same time more up-to-date Linux versions.
So kernel updates are slowed and all major features...Yeah...just like Windows.And windows 10 still has an enterprise LTSB. I'm 75% sure we use it in our org. How would I check that? Hmmmmmm
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@scottalanmiller said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
@Dashrender said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
@scottalanmiller said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
Canonical always supports updating your LTS to a supported version, and that's how they get away with calling it "supported." It's supported... to get to a supported version. But if anything requires LTS that thing can't be called supported because Canonical's support requires that that thing be out of support.
That would be like saying that Windows Server 2003 is supported because MS has a process to upgrade you to Server 2019 - that's just madness.
Exactly. Which no one in their right minds accepts as being "supported", but it's what people accept in many cases for Ubuntu. They don't accept that from any other vendor, why the special case here?
This is only a special case if you CAN'T buy support from Ubuntu for 18.04 LTS - So can you or can't you? Scott?
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@IRJ said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
@Dashrender said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
@scottalanmiller said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
@Obsolesce said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
What's your definition of "supported"?
Same as the industry. We go over this a lot. That the vendor will do everything within reason to fix and make work the product in question.
The entire industry has the same definition, even if no one talks about it. Everyone asks "is something supported" and we all know what it means. And we all know that some vendors use the term loosely to make a quick sale. Like Windows is called "supported" but you don't get any support, not what anyone accepts as being supported.
Supported to me doesn't mean it has to be free support. So you're saying you can't BUY support for 18.04 LTS from Ubuntu?
You sure can buy support for 18.04 LTS. We have Ubuntu Advantage that supports features only on 16.04 or 18.04
I've been talking about this marketing scam for years having been caught by it on Wall St. Wall St. firms bought LTS support thinking that Canonical would support that version. But if the issue was code based, rather than configuration based, and actual support was needed, they would only support large fixes in current, not LTS, as they were not willing to invest in a "dead product" that had already been replaced.
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@scottalanmiller said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
@IRJ said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
You sure can buy support for 18.04 LTS. We have Ubuntu Advantage that supports features only on 16.04 or 18.04
Obviously. And from Canonical's own support "we will support those version for updating to the supported current version."
Just because you can buy something called support, doesn't mean you get support.
Then you are not buying support! You're buying a lie.
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@Dashrender said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
@scottalanmiller said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
@Dashrender said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
@scottalanmiller said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
Canonical always supports updating your LTS to a supported version, and that's how they get away with calling it "supported." It's supported... to get to a supported version. But if anything requires LTS that thing can't be called supported because Canonical's support requires that that thing be out of support.
That would be like saying that Windows Server 2003 is supported because MS has a process to upgrade you to Server 2019 - that's just madness.
Exactly. Which no one in their right minds accepts as being "supported", but it's what people accept in many cases for Ubuntu. They don't accept that from any other vendor, why the special case here?
This is only a special case if you CAN'T buy support from Ubuntu for 18.04 LTS - So can you or can't you? Scott?
You CAN buy something BRANDED support, you CANNOT buy anything IT would consider to be support.
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@Dashrender said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
@scottalanmiller said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
@IRJ said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
You sure can buy support for 18.04 LTS. We have Ubuntu Advantage that supports features only on 16.04 or 18.04
Obviously. And from Canonical's own support "we will support those version for updating to the supported current version."
Just because you can buy something called support, doesn't mean you get support.
Then you are not buying support! You're buying a lie.
Which I've been talking about for years.
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Why do people put up with that? Why stay with a vendor who clearly enjoys lying to their customers? At minimum it's wordsmithing.. but screw that - it's lying!
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@kamidon said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
Aside from security updates of course, those get applied likely around the same time more up-to-date Linux versions.
Right, this is how MS and Ubuntu use the term "support"... their LTSs are not "completely abandoned" so they call providing some patching "support". And their support teams will talk to you.
The problem is, the industry has one obviously well understood expectation of what support means. But legally, it's a loose term and you can call anything you want support as long as you define it a little when selling it.
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@Dashrender said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
Why do people put up with that? Why stay with a vendor who clearly enjoys lying to their customers? At minimum it's wordsmithing.. but screw that - it's lying!
Find ANY customer that actually cares? Almost no one ever needs support. Buying support is a political thing, a checkbox, and not something really needed. They are looking to meet a useless requirement, and they get it. So what do they care if it is a lie?
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Think about a government contract.... or a giant Fortune 500. Someone high up demands "support" as a line item, but never evaluates it. They just demand it. The IT teams don't care, they never call the OS vendor for support (until you are a Wall St firm doing fringe stuff), and the vendors want to get away on the cheap. So they come up with this system to satisfy the political entities at minimal cost. Everyone wins.
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@scottalanmiller said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
@kamidon said in My Weekend Linux Misadventure:
Aside from security updates of course, those get applied likely around the same time more up-to-date Linux versions.
Right, this is how MS and Ubuntu use the term "support"... their LTSs are not "completely abandoned" so they call providing some patching "support". And their support teams will talk to you.
The problem is, the industry has one obviously well understood expectation of what support means. But legally, it's a loose term and you can call anything you want support as long as you define it a little when selling it.
I haven't ever found MS to say - yep, that's a problem, and the solution is to upgrade to the new Windows version - but then again, I've never run into a code related issue that I've taken directly to MS before - I'm guessing that's a pretty damned uncommon occurrence, even though Scott likely himself has run into it on likely every platform out there.
