ICanonical ibhengeze ukonyuka kwexesha lohlaziyo lokukhutshwa kwe-LTS ye-Ubuntu 14.04 kunye ne-16.04 ukusuka kwi-8 ukuya kwi-10 iminyaka. Ngaphambili, isigqibo malunga nokwandiswa okufanayo kwexesha lenkxaso senziwa kwi-Ubuntu 18.04 kunye ne-20.04. Ke, uhlaziyo luya kukhutshwa ku-Ubuntu 14.04 kude kube ngu-Epreli ka-2024, ku-Ubuntu 16.04 kude kube ngu-Epreli 2026, ku-Ubuntu 18.04 kude kube ngu-Epreli 2028, kunye no-Ubuntu 20.04 kude kube ngu-Epreli 2030.
Isiqingatha sexesha lenkxaso ye-10 iya kuxhaswa phantsi kweprogram ye-ESM (i-Extended Security Maintenance), ebandakanya ukuhlaziywa kobuthathaka kwi-kernel kunye neepakethe zenkqubo ezibaluleke kakhulu. Ukufikelela kuhlaziyo lwe-ESM kukhawulelwe kubasebenzisi abarhumayo abahlawulelwayo kuphela. Kubasebenzisi abaqhelekileyo, ukufikelela kuhlaziyo kunikezelwa kuphela iminyaka emihlanu ukususela kumhla wokukhululwa.
Ngolunye unikezelo, ixesha lokugcinwa kwe-10 leminyaka linikezelwa kwi-SUSE Linux kunye ne-Red Hat Enterprise Linux ukuhanjiswa (kungabandakanyi inkonzo eyongezelelweyo yeminyaka emithathu ye-RHEL). Ixesha lenkxaso ye-Debian GNU/Linux, kuthathelwa ingqalelo iNkqubo yenkxaso ye-LTS eyandisiweyo, yiminyaka emi-5 (kunye nokuzikhethela enye iminyaka emibini phantsi kwe-LTS eYandisiweyo). I-Fedora Linux ixhaswa kwiinyanga ezili-13, kwaye i-openSUSE ixhaswa kwiinyanga ezili-18.
umthombo: opennet.ru