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Linux 4.14's long-term support will live on after all, thanks to this alliance
The six-year-old Linux kernel seemed doomed until this alliance of CIQ, Oracle, and SUSE stepped up. But why go to all this trouble?
It also won't target specific hardware, vendors, or users, and the patches will be selected primarily from ongoing upstream stable kernels. CIQ CEO Gregory Kurtzer explained: "As enterprise distribution vendors, we are often tasked to keep software viable even after community support has ended. Through OpenELA, vendors, users, and the open source community at large can work together to provide the longevity that professional IT organizations require for enterprise Linux."
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