Question about Ubuntu support

[Little Girl]

Hey there,

Rashkae wrote:
>On 2020-05-28 11:13 p.m., Hello wrote:

>> There may be an straightforward explanation for this, I don't know.
>> 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.
>>  
>Clear as mud, ain't it?.  I don't think there a definite list of what
>packages will be patched past the 3 years.

This page goes into detail on the different releases:

https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle

This command can be used in a terminal window to display what's
currently supported in any release:

ubuntu-support-status

For a more in-depth report, the --show-all option can be added to
that command:

ubuntu-support-status --show-all

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Little Girl

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