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I'm ready to migrate to Ubuntu but when I went to the download section I read "The latest version of the Ubuntu operating system for desktop PCs and laptops, Ubuntu 15.04 comes with nine months of security and maintenance updates" What that means? Is this a trial version? why only 9 months?

Like I said in the beginning of my post I'm ready to migrate, but not if it's only for 9 months.

I apologise in advance if this is a stupid question or it's obvious for you, but I don't know anything about ubuntu, so I'd be glad if somebody could clarify that for me.

alexdhil
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It's not a trial version. The reason why it's only supported for 9 months is this: A new Ubuntu release comes every 6 months anyway. So after a new release comes out, people who want the latest release of Ubuntu should have upgraded anyway, so old versions are only supported for 3 additional months.

Please don't be afraid to use the newest Ubuntu release: when a new one comes out in October (which will be 15.10), you can upgrade your 15.04 installation very easily and keep synchronized with the latest Ubuntu release.

If you don't want to update every 6-9 months, then as hg8 mentioned, your best option is to use the LTS (Long-Term Support) releases. These are released every 2 years (the last was 14.04, the next one will be 16.04) and are supported and receive security updates for 5 years.

Read more here (under Management of Relases).

roadmr
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