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J. Doe
Asked: 2018-09-20 09:11:30 +0800 CST

What is the difference between Docker's "rolling" and "latest" tags?

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On the Docker Hub site, I find tags "rolling" and "latest". What is the difference between them?

https://hub.docker.com/_/ubuntu/

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2 Answers

  1. From the linked page:

    The ubuntu:latest tag points to the "latest LTS", since that's the version recommended for general use. The ubuntu:rolling tag points to the latest release (regardless of LTS status).

    The current "latest" and "rolling" release is 18.04 LTS. The next "latest" release will be 20.04 LTS; the next "rolling" release will be 18.10.

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  2. ubuntu:latest means the latest LTS release - as of writing this comment, that would be Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Next LTS will be Ubuntu 20.04 LTS in 2020.

    ubuntu:rolling means the latest release regardless of LTS status - as of writing this, that would be Ubuntu 18.04 - until Ubuntu 18.10 comes out in October.

    LTS is generally more stable and less likely to have features break, but also has older versions of software.

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