ubuntu 10.04LTS

[Dmitrijs Ledkovs]

On 22 March 2013 10:06, David Holdsworth <ecldh at leeds.ac.uk> wrote:
> I've just realised that the 5-year support on desktop versions only starts with 12.04LTS, not 10.04LTS.
>
> I would like to press for a 5-year support of 10.04LTS.  On my machine it is so much better that
> 12.04LTS.  I tried 12.04.1 as recommended soon after its release.
>
> Reasons for dislike of 12.04LTS on my 512M (447MB LOWMEM available) 2.2GHz 32-bit laptop -
> upon which 10.04LTS is lovely.  It is a little above the minimum configuration.
>
> 1. Much slower than 10.04
>
> 2. gcc does not work -- !!!! was 12.04 ever tested on as 32 bit system
>
> 3. Update process is including AMD64 modules.  Is this correct
>
> 4. Don't like the dash -- silly Mac copy
>
> So I trashed my 12.04, did a fresh install of 10.04, and I got my nice computer back.
>
> So can we have 5 years of support for 10.04, and 32-bit testing of 12.04 in the meantime?
>

The 10.04 Server has 5 years support for SRU and Security fixes, thus
ending in April 2015.
By extension, you will receive security support for packages that
overlap between server & desktop (aka core packages).
You will no longer be receiving web-browser security fixes and 3rd
party vendors are also removing 10.04 support (Google Chrome).

If you have a significant deployment and need assistance in continuing
support and/or migrating to precise, I'd recommend you to contact
Canonical and seek Ubuntu Advantage support [1]

[1] http://www.ubuntu.com/business/services

ps. gnome-session-fallback is available in Precise which provides
interface very similar to what was in 10.04.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/gnome-session-fallback

Regards,

Dmitrijs.