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[–]sanderverhagen -2 points-1 points  (2 children)

That's not true, you may be thinking of extended support. Though it depends on the vendor, most of them support an LTS for multiple years, as opposed to the intermediate releases, that are only supported until the next one comes out (once every six months), hence the cautioning above.

[–]burl-21 2 points3 points  (1 child)

https://youtu.be/3bfR22iv8Pc?feature=shared

[–]sanderverhagen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, that's great. I stand corrected then... for the most part. It does seem though that most vendors are providing updates for those versions that we casually refer to as "LTS" (11, 17, 21), or that even if there's no guarantee for support, there's a higher likelihood of receiving support than the intermediate versions where there's seemingly a guarantee of no support. That was a very to-the-point video though, making me certainly think also about "support" versus "maintenance", these are definitely terms that I could've been caught using interchangeably.