Question about Ubuntu support

[Paul Smith]

On Thu, 2020-05-28 at 21:13 -0600, Hello wrote:
> I plan on installing ubuntu 18.04.x  LTS.
> 
> Links 1 & 2 below say ubuntu is supported for 5
> years (from release date).
> 
> But ubuntu spins/flavours, e.g. links 2 ,3
> and 4 below say that one only gets 3 years of support.
> 
> Any extra information I may be missing would
> be helpful in discrepancy in years of support.

I don' think there's any discrepancy; the official LTS is supported for
5 years, and the spins are supported for 3 years.  Those are both
things that are true :).

If you plan on installing Ubuntu 18.04 LTS then does it matter how long
the spins are supported for?