[xubuntu-users] Xubuntu Support and Extended Support Inquiry

[MR ZenWiz]

On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 12:45 AM Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2024-06-24 at 18:24 +0530, Ashish Upara wrote:
> > I am inquiring about the support dates for Xubuntu 20.04 and Xubuntu 22.04 as we have developed a product that relies on these operating systems. Specifically,
> >
> > Could you please provide information on:
> >
> > 1) The standard support end date for Xubuntu 20.04 and Xubuntu 22.04.
> > 2) Details about any extended support options available for Xubuntu 20.04 and Xubuntu 22.04, including the duration and coverage provided.
> > Understanding these dates and options is crucial for planning the support strategy for our product to ensure its continued stability and security.
> >
> > I appreciate you taking the time to look into this. Please let me know if you need any further information from my side.
>
> Hi,
>
> do you need additional information, to the information available via the
> Internet?
>
> That's what I've found:
>
> "20.04    End of Standard Support April 2025    End of Life April 2032
>  22.04    End of Standard Support June  2027    End of Life April 2034"
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
>
I must point out that these are the support dates for Ubuntu. I don't
believe the Xubuntu support is the same (it has always been 2 years
less than Ubuntu IIRC).

As it says at https://xubuntu.org/download/:

"The 24.04 release, codenamed Noble Numbat, is a Long Term Support
release and has support for 3 years. To learn more about the release,
please refer to the release announcement, which has links to complete
release notes as well as highlights of the improvements in the
release."

See also https://xubuntu.org/releases/

That is not even the five years Ubuntu LTS support used to contain
(before the recent extensions).

HTH,

Mark