Plasma update?

[Liam Proven]

On Sat, 17 Dec 2022 at 05:11, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
>
> Running Kubuntu, updated recently, Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS.

That seems to contain a contradiction. Which, Kubuntu or Ubuntu?

> Plasma Workspace
> Upgrade available
> Ubuntu on 22.04.1 LTS.
> This version will stop receiving updates and security fixes in 125
> days.
> [upgrade]
> --
>
> Not sure why I got this.

> Does Plasma update more frequently than the
> 22.04 timing would indicate?

Yes.

Even the KDE Plasma in 22.10 is already EOL.

https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/27/kde_5_26_2/

> Is 20.04.5 LTS really going to stop
> receiving updates and security fixes in 125 days?

No, but KDE is.

If you use KDE, you should upgrade a lot more frequently.

If you are on an LTS, then when the next LTS comes out, wait for the
.1 edition and then that is the time to upgrade.

That came out some months ago. You are overdue. It is telling you this.

I just checked for you.

Kubuntu 20.04 uses KDE 5.18. That was an LTS release *of KDE*.

It is past end of life now:
https://endoflife.date/kde-plasma

BTW, this goes for all the alternative desktops. Everything except
GNOME. Only GNOME is officially fully supported.

(There is a kinda sorta partial exception for Unity, because it was
the official desktop until 18.04 so it's still getting vital bug
fixes... in theory. I wouldn't like to rely on it. I upgraded all my
machines with Unity to 22.04 as soon as 22.04.1 came out.)

> Do I need to do the
> update?

Yes you do.

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