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		delfinom on July 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Lo... And cheap both short and long term. Microsoft has 10 year lifecycles you don't need to pay extra for. Linux you need IT staff to upgrade it every 3 years. Not to mention hiring engineers to recompile software every 3 years with the distro upgrade.

kchr on July 21, 2024 [–]

Ubuntu LTS has support for 5 years, can be extended to 10 years of maintenance/security support with ESM (which is a paid service).

Same with Rocky Linux, but the extra 5 years of maintenance/security support is provided for free.

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