Lesson 2

Date: 1/29/2014
Linux installation and upgrade
Linux for Engineering and IT Applications


Ubuntu distributions


  • 13.04, 12.10, 12.04, 11.10, 11.04 -- The Ubuntu version numbering scheme is based on the date of the release of the distribution, April 2013, October 2012, April 2012, October 2011, etc

  • 12.04 LTS -- The LTS means long-term support (5 years for server and 3 years for desktop).

  • Release -- Server and Desktop editions. They have similar packages, but different kernels. The server may have no X-desktop environment installed.

  • Supported architectures -- x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 bit).


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