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Canonical Changes the Way It Updates Ubuntu After Launch

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Softpedia; By Silviu Stahie
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Canonical is making some changes to the way micro-updates are being handled for all the Ubuntu branches, which should make the distribution a lot more flexible.

Ubuntu usually receives something called Stable Release Updates or SRU for short and most of the time these are package updates. It's a well-known fact that Ubuntu systems don't get important updates once the distribution becomes stable. This is why you don't see upgrades for major packages during a regular cycle, with some exceptions, and this what it's changing right now.

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