• chrash0@lemmy.world
    18·
    21 hours ago

    there’s a world of options. this is an LTS distro. use Arch or Nix or whatever if you want the latest packages. i actually switched to NixOS because the CUDA drivers were too new on Arch, and i wanted a better way to pin versions.

    or i dunno keep publicly complaining about it until someone does the work for you

    • grue@lemmy.world
      10·
      19 hours ago

      I mean, even in an LTS distro, it sure would be nice if the packages were reasonably up-to-date on the day the version was released.

      • chrash0@lemmy.world
        2·
        19 hours ago

        i guess it would be nice, but packages being a few months out of date is pretty normal for Ubuntu, in my experience. i’m not sure what their testing process is like, but part of using something like Ubuntu is stability guarantees. if they felt like the couldn’t do that for newer versions for whatever reason (resource constraints, lack of downstream interest from stakeholders, etc) they’re not necessarily obligated to.

        • adarza@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          14 hours ago

          2 months. lts or not, ubuntu’s freeze date is and has historically been about two months before release.

          if the 2 year cycle between lts is too long for someone, they don’t have to stay on that ride.