Question about Ubuntu support

[Francis Grizzly Smit]

On 30/05/2020 00:12, Little Girl wrote:
> 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

command not found on 20.04 hmmm


>
> 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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