ICanonical imemezele ukwenyuka kwesikhathi sokubuyekezwa kokukhishwa kwe-LTS kwe-Ubuntu 14.04 kanye ne-16.04 kusuka eminyakeni eyi-8 kuye kweyi-10. Ngaphambilini, isinqumo sokunwetshwa okufanayo kwesikhathi sokusekelwa senziwa ku-Ubuntu 18.04 kanye no-20.04. Ngakho-ke, izibuyekezo zizokhishwa ku-Ubuntu 14.04 kuze kube ngu-Ephreli 2024, ku-Ubuntu 16.04 kuze kube ngu-Ephreli 2026, ku-Ubuntu 18.04 kuze kube ngu-Ephreli 2028, kanye no-Ubuntu 20.04 kuze kube ngu-Ephreli 2030.
Ingxenye yenkathi yosekelo yeminyaka eyi-10 izosekelwa ngaphansi kohlelo lwe-ESM (Ukugcinwa Kokuphepha Okunwetshiwe), oluhlanganisa izibuyekezo zobungozi be-kernel namaphakheji esistimu abaluleke kakhulu. Ukufinyelela kuzibuyekezo ze-ESM kukhawulelwe kubasebenzisi ababhalisile abakhokhelwayo kuphela. Kubasebenzisi abavamile, ukufinyelela kuzibuyekezo kunikezwa kuphela iminyaka emihlanu kusukela ngedethi yokukhishwa.
Kokunye ukusatshalaliswa, isikhathi sokulungisa seminyaka eyi-10 sinikezwa ekusabalaliseni kwe-SUSE Linux kanye neRed Hat Enterprise Linux (okungabandakanyi insizakalo eyengeziwe yeminyaka emithathu ye-RHEL). Isikhathi sosekelo se-Debian GNU/Linux, okuhlanganisa nohlelo losekelo lwe-LTS Enwetshiwe, iminyaka emi-5 (kanye neminye iminyaka emibili ngokuzikhethela ngaphansi kwesinyathelo Esandisiwe se-LTS). I-Fedora Linux isekelwa izinyanga eziyi-13, futhi i-openSUSE isekelwa izinyanga eziyi-18.
Source: opennet.ru