Geert Stappers <stapp...@stappers.nl> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 09, 2024 at 08:02:43AM -0500, songbird wrote: > > Chris Green wrote: > > > Thanks to various people here helping me to understand a bit more about > > > containers and some searching and experimentation I now have a > > > container to run my little Python 2 scanner app within Debian 12. > > > > > > It's distrobox which is a sort of wrapper for podman and gives one an > > > easy to use interface for installing various linux distros in > > > containers. > > > > > > I have used it to create a instance of ubuntu 18.04 on my Debian 12 > > > desktop system. My scanner driver (which comes as a .deb) installed > > > OK and with the addition of some packages from ubuntu 18.04 it runs > > > without any problem. > > > > > > The nice thing about the distrobox container is that you can run a > > > program in it that is in your normal $HOME environment of the parent > > > system. It's only all the libraries and support files that are > > > 'virtualised'. > > > > > > Also, Ubuntu 18.04 is supported until 2029 so I have a few years when > > > it should continue to 'just work'. :-) > > > > ah, ok! :) > > > > ??? > > What I know about Ubuntu: > - Debian based > - Each April and October a release > - The April release of even years, as 2024, 2022 2020 and 2018 > have Long Time Support > - LTS is five years > > > Anyone to back up the above "Ubuntu 18.04 is support until 2029"? > It's if you go for Ubuntu Pro or whatever it's called. It's a no cost option for single/small users and gives 10 Years support for Ubuntu releases. Presumably the 2029 (which I read while doing an apt of some sort) is 2018 + ten years + a few months.
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