[lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 23.04 End-of-Life Announcement

[Aaron Rainbolt]

Lubuntu 23.04 has reached end-of-life as of today, January 25, 2024. It 
will no longer receive software updates (including security fixes) or 
technical support. All users are urged to upgrade to Lubuntu 23.10 as 
soon as possible to stay secure. You can upgrade to Lubuntu 23.10 
without reinstalling Lubuntu from scratch by following the official 
upgrade procedure[1]. Alternatively, you can download Lubuntu 23.10 or 
Lubuntu 22.04[2] and do a clean installation[3] if you prefer.

Nine months ago, on April 20th, 2023, Lubuntu 23.04 was released. It 
shipped a number of new features including an enabled-by-default X 
compositor (Picom), PipeWire, a new default screensaver, and the latest 
(at the time) version of LXQt. While the innovation and stability 
Lubuntu 23.04 provided served us well, it is now time to move on. We are 
now focusing our support efforts on Lubuntu 23.10 and later, as well as 
on Lubuntu 22.04 LTS. Lubuntu 23.04 will no longer receive bug or 
security fixes from the Lubuntu team. Additionally, as the underlying 
Ubuntu 23.04 packages Lubuntu uses have reached end-of-life, Lubuntu 
23.04 will no longer receive updates for any core applications, 
utilities, or OS components.

Lubuntu features two different types of releases – Long Term Support 
(LTS) releases and interim releases. Interim releases are supported for 
only nine months after release, and are primarily for users who are 
willing or able to upgrade or reinstall frequently in order to get the 
best that Lubuntu has to offer. Lubuntu 23.04 was an interim release, 
and is being dropped from Lubuntu support accordingly.

Note that users of Lubuntu 22.04 LTS do not have to take any action at 
this time. LTS releases are supported for three years from the date of 
release. We will continue to support Lubuntu 22.04 LTS until April 2025.

If you are still running Lubuntu 23.04, we **strongly** recommend that 
you upgrade to Lubuntu 23.10 as soon as possible. You can read about 
what's new in Lubuntu 23.10 at https://lubuntu.me/mantic-released/. 
Alternatively, if you are unable to use Lubuntu 23.10, or if you would 
like to use our LTS releases and avoid frequent upgrades, you can 
install Lubuntu 22.04 from scratch and enjoy another year of updates and 
support before having to upgrade again.

Thank you to everyone who uses Lubuntu! If you have problems 
reinstalling or upgrading, feel free to ask for help via our official 
support channels. We're happy to help users having upgrade problems even 
after Lubuntu 23.04's end-of-life date. You can find a list of places to 
reach us by visiting our Links page[4]. We can also be reached via IRC 
at #lubuntu on Libera.Chat[5].

The original end-of-life announcement can be read here: 
https://lubuntu.me/lubuntu-23-04-end-of-life/

[1]: https://manual.lubuntu.me/stable/D/upgrading.html
[2]: https://lubuntu.me/downloads/
[3]: https://manual.lubuntu.me/stable/1/1.3/installation.html
[4]: https://lubuntu.me/links/
[5]: https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#lubuntu

On behalf of the Lubuntu development team,

-- 
Aaron Rainbolt
Lubuntu Developer
Matrix: @arraybolt3:matrix.org
IRC: arraybolt3 on irc.libera.chat
GitHub: https://github.com/ArrayBolt3

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