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Plans for next generation linux desktop support.

Desktop Linux Distributions supported:

1. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, codename "Xenial Xerus"

   1. Long term support (LTS) releases are for 5 years. 

   2. 16.04 = YY.MM of release date (released April 2016)
   3. End of Life date is April 2021

   4. It is possible to upgrade (complete reinstall not required) from one LTS distro to the next (eg, 14.04 -> 16.04)

2. CentOS 7
   1. 10 year support lifetime
   2. End of Life date is June 2024
   3. Red Hat sponsors the CentOS project: in 2014 CentOS officially joined forces with Red Hat

    

Security Services/Features needed (based on SLAC MinSec):

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