What's the policy on xorg updates?
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I'm moving off Slackware because -current upgraded xorg to 1.20 and it broke Nvidia legacy 304 series driver compatibility (ABI 24 not supported). I noticed Bionic ships with xorg 1.19 (ABI 23, supported) and before adopting Ubuntu I wanted to ask if the normal updates through Bionic's lifetime will be restricted to new 1.19 versions and/or security patches, or if I should expect someday a full upgrade to 1.20.
I know there are other options, like CentOS 7, but I rather patch Nvidia driver for Ubuntu's 4.15 kernel than stick to CentOS' 3.9 one.
Thank you.
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I'm moving off Slackware because -current upgraded xorg to 1.20 and it broke Nvidia legacy 304 series driver compatibility (ABI 24 not supported). I noticed Bionic ships with xorg 1.19 (ABI 23, supported) and before adopting Ubuntu I wanted to ask if the normal updates through Bionic's lifetime will be restricted to new 1.19 versions and/or security patches, or if I should expect someday a full upgrade to 1.20.
I know there are other options, like CentOS 7, but I rather patch Nvidia driver for Ubuntu's 4.15 kernel than stick to CentOS' 3.9 one.
Thank you.
updates policy
asked May 26 at 4:48
Sergei Koroli
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Since it's an LTS version geared toward stability, I'm pretty sure that the policy is to not upgrade except bug fixes unless you manually choose HWE, which gives you the latest non-LTS's kernel version and X version (so when 18.10 comes out, you get its kernel and X versions and so on).
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May 26 at 6:20
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I'm moving off Slackware because -current upgraded xorg to 1.20 and it broke Nvidia legacy 304 series driver compatibility (ABI 24 not supported). I noticed Bionic ships with xorg 1.19 (ABI 23, supported) and before adopting Ubuntu I wanted to ask if the normal updates through Bionic's lifetime will be restricted to new 1.19 versions and/or security patches, or if I should expect someday a full upgrade to 1.20.
I know there are other options, like CentOS 7, but I rather patch Nvidia driver for Ubuntu's 4.15 kernel than stick to CentOS' 3.9 one.
Thank you.
updates policy
asked May 26 at 4:48
Sergei Koroli
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I'm moving off Slackware because -current upgraded xorg to 1.20 and it broke Nvidia legacy 304 series driver compatibility (ABI 24 not supported). I noticed Bionic ships with xorg 1.19 (ABI 23, supported) and before adopting Ubuntu I wanted to ask if the normal updates through Bionic's lifetime will be restricted to new 1.19 versions and/or security patches, or if I should expect someday a full upgrade to 1.20.
I know there are other options, like CentOS 7, but I rather patch Nvidia driver for Ubuntu's 4.15 kernel than stick to CentOS' 3.9 one.
Thank you.
updates policy
asked May 26 at 4:48
Sergei Koroli
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asked May 26 at 4:48
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asked May 26 at 4:48
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Since it's an LTS version geared toward stability, I'm pretty sure that the policy is to not upgrade except bug fixes unless you manually choose HWE, which gives you the latest non-LTS's kernel version and X version (so when 18.10 comes out, you get its kernel and X versions and so on).
– Chai T. Rex
May 26 at 6:20
add a comment |Â
Since it's an LTS version geared toward stability, I'm pretty sure that the policy is to not upgrade except bug fixes unless you manually choose HWE, which gives you the latest non-LTS's kernel version and X version (so when 18.10 comes out, you get its kernel and X versions and so on).
– Chai T. Rex
May 26 at 6:20
Since it's an LTS version geared toward stability, I'm pretty sure that the policy is to not upgrade except bug fixes unless you manually choose HWE, which gives you the latest non-LTS's kernel version and X version (so when 18.10 comes out, you get its kernel and X versions and so on).
– Chai T. Rex
May 26 at 6:20
Since it's an LTS version geared toward stability, I'm pretty sure that the policy is to not upgrade except bug fixes unless you manually choose HWE, which gives you the latest non-LTS's kernel version and X version (so when 18.10 comes out, you get its kernel and X versions and so on).
– Chai T. Rex
May 26 at 6:20
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Since it's an LTS version geared toward stability, I'm pretty sure that the policy is to not upgrade except bug fixes unless you manually choose HWE, which gives you the latest non-LTS's kernel version and X version (so when 18.10 comes out, you get its kernel and X versions and so on).
– Chai T. Rex
May 26 at 6:20