On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 10:04:31AM +0100, Dave Howorth wrote:
Linux Tyro wrote:
1. If I install the latest version viz. 11.04, would it remain stable even after 8 months? (Since during 8 months, due to my job, I could not get the time to learn) and even if it changes, the basic functionality would remain the same....?
Yes it will stay stable. Whilst a release is 'live' updates are made available for it that (a) fix security problems and (b) fix critical bugs. When the release is superceded by a new release, it's just that there are no more updates.
As I fear this might get read slightly wrong I have to add the pointer to http://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime The core information is: Supported distributions The following distributions are expected to receive updates until the specified date: openSUSE 11.4 - September 15th 2012 (2 months after release of 12.2) openSUSE 11.3 - January 15th 2012 (2 months after release of 12.1) Lars PS With my dedicated heart (and remaining brain parts) to free and Open Source Software I have to stress please don't go with Ubuntu. Some if not most of you might ask why? Please read http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2010/01/14/ubuntu-debian.html -- Lars Müller [ˈlaː(r)z ˈmʏlɐ] Samba Team SUSE Linux, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany