HDTV monitor

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 03:24:55PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> 
> | I know on a slightly outdated Ubuntu system (8.4 or 9.0, I can't quite
> | remember which)
> 
> Those are not actual Ubuntu release numbers.  Ubuntu numbers are
> dates: Y.MM.  Not decimal fractions; I assume that next year a leading
> digit of 1 will be prepended.
> 
> 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, and (very soon) 9.10 are all valid.  Actually, "8.04
> LTS" is the proper name for 8.04, I think.  LTS == Long Term Support.
> Releases are intended to be six moths apart.
> 
> I only mention this because I've seen others use incorrect notation
> suggesting that they don't know the meaning of the name.

Ubuntu's numbers can be treated as any other normal version number.
9.4 comes before 9.10 just like 2.6.3 comes before 2.6.21.

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