We should use a LTS version for the ubuntu in the default.yaml

[saltbo]

I found we are using the non-LTS version for the Ubuntu.

For most people, they don't know this background:

LTS or ‘Long Term Support’ releases are published every two years in April. LTS releases are the ‘enterprise grade’ releases of Ubuntu and are used the most. An estimated 95% of all Ubuntu installations are LTS releases.

I viewed the commits, we often update the version of ubuntu when the ubuntu release a new version. For a new enduser for lima, they would get a default.yaml that contains a non-LTS version of ubuntu if they are using at the year 2021 or 2023.

So, I think we should use the LTS version in the default.yaml

lima/examples/default.yaml

Line 27 in 95324c9

- location: "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release-20240125/ubuntu-23.10-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"

https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle

[AkihiroSuda]

Devs often want the latest packages, so I'm not inclined to change the default to LTS.
Users may still use LTS with limactl create template://ubuntu-lts.

[saltbo]

Thanks for your reply.

I don't know other devs, I created the VM by default.yaml at 2 years ago. there's no change in the file https://github.com/saltbo/dotfiles/blob/master/.lima/default/lima.yaml. I hope it's stable, not the newest.

I don't know what most developers think. I just thought lima-vm should provide the LTS version in the default.

Of course, you must have a better understanding of what developers want. If you don't feel the need to use LTS, you can close this issue.

[afbjorklund]

There was a suggestion to switch from ubuntu to debian as the base for default, it would also mean an older OS