06-01-2016, 03:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-01-2016, 03:22 PM by torreydale.)
Quote:However if user stays with an older LTS but keeps upgrading Kernel, does this extend the life if the original LTS.No. The LTS and its corresponding software sources will no longer be supported at that point. Because they won't be maintained, you cannot get updates to the unsupported operating system in spite of an upgrade to the kernel.
Quote:The reverse scenario – Take for instance LL3.0 – if user down grades the Kernel to say 3.13 for hardware compatibility reasons, After 2019 ( when the LTS for LL2.8 expires; Kernel 3.13 being the standard for LL 2. 8) does the system become vulnerable, assuming all updates are maintained??After April 2019, updates to kernel 3.13 will not be available because that kernel will be unsupported. Supported/maintained means security updates are available. You cannot get kernel updates if the kernel is no longer maintained or supported. So yes, in that reverse scenario, the system will become vulnerable.
Quote:Are we to assume that "attacks" are continually being made on Ubuntu "systems" and hence updates are necessary for protection.Yes. To have the least vulnerable system, both the LTS packages and the kernel have to be supported and maintained. In each of your scenarios, the hope is that you can be okay with an updated kernel but an unsupported LTS, or with an unsupported kernel but an updated LTS. Neither scenario is advised, and neither is supported.
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