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		dustinkirkland on Jan 7, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Meltdown and Spectre Linux kernel status Actually, Ubuntu created the term "LTS" in 2006, for Long Term Support releases. Greg started using the term himself just a couple of years ago.

gphreak on Jan 7, 2018 [–]

Re-reading my post it does sound a bit confusing.

What I meant is: Ubuntu LTS seems to not give a damn if the kernel they use is also an LTS release.

Examples would be: 14.04, 16.04 HWE kernels, 18.04 (currently planned to be 4.15).

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