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Ubuntu LTS tend to backport a good number of packages. For example, if you wanted a fairly recent nginx, you will find 1.4.x built for 12.04 LTS https://launchp
by rs 13y ago
Ubuntu LTS tend to backport a good number of packages. For example, if you wanted a fairly recent nginx, you will find 1.4.x built for 12.04 LTS https://launchpad.net/~nginx/+archive/stable https://launchpad.net/~nginx/+archive/stable
- subsection1h 13y agoIs there a benefit to using the nginx PPA rather than nginx's official repos[1]? I use Debian Stable with several upstream repos, and I've never understood why people use a PPA when upstream provides a repo (e.g., nginx). [1] http://nginx.org/en/linux_packages.html http://nginx.org/en/linux_packages.html