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LTS stands for "Long Term Support release". These Ubuntu releases are considered to be especially stable and receive official support longer than normal releases. A new LTS comes out every 2 years. This tag should be used for questions regarding LTS releases in general. For questions about a specific LTS release please use the respective version tag.

The LTS (Long Term Support) releases that have come out so far include:

  • 6.06 Dapper Drake (no longer supported)
  • 8.04 Hardy Heron (no longer supported)
  • 10.04 Lucid Lynx (no longer supported)
  • 12.04 Precise Pangolin (no longer supported)
  • 14.04 Trusty Tahr (no longer supported)
  • 16.04 Xenial Xerus (no longer supported)
  • 18.04 Bionic Beaver (desktop and server both supported until April 2023)
  • 20.04 Focal Fossa (desktop and server both supported until April 2025)

Unlike regular releases of Ubuntu, LTS releases can be upgraded directly from one to the next, without the need to upgrade to all intermediate releases in between.

For example, an Ubuntu 10.04 LTS system can be upgraded directly to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. In contrast, an Ubuntu 10.10 system would have to be upgraded to 11.04, and then to 11.10, and then finally to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

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What's the difference between a Long Term Support Release and a Normal Release?

What are the differences between an Ubuntu Long Term Support release (LTS) and a normal release?
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Can I smoothly upgrade from one LTS to next LTS release?

Question is about Ubuntu release process. Are migrations from n to n+1 releases expected? Assuming we have server with installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Will it be smoothly upgradable to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS via apt-get upgrade ? Assumptions: scope is…
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Debian Stable vs Ubuntu LTS for Server?

Which is a better platform for a professional use server? Debian Stable or Ubuntu LTS? The third party software we plan to use, works on both. Which one is better on it own merits? Take into account things like the kernel (Ubuntu for example has its…
Soviero
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cannot import saved openVPN configuration file in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

I am trying to import a .ovpn file from the network manager. Here are the steps I follow. Network Manager → VPN Connections → configure VPN This opens the Network Connections dialogue. Then, Add → import saved vpn configuration → choose .ovpn…
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How do I upgrade from 14.04 LTS to 16.04.1 LTS?

So, today is July 21st and this page. gives me an option to download 16.04.1 LTS. However, attempting to upgrade gets me this message - $ sudo do-release-upgrade Checking for a new Ubuntu release No new release found What is wrong? Does it matter…
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How can I upgrade the Ubuntu LTS kernel to newer?

I just installed Ubuntu 12.04.2 64-bit on my desktop PC and I see the kernel in System Monitor is 3.5.0-23 but in Ubuntu 12.04.2 in my laptop the kernel is 3.2.0-38. I have already tried to run the command sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get…
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When is the exact date for EOL of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS?

Looking online I can see mention in a cached version of a blog.ubuntu.com post that Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is EOL on 30th April 2019, however it has been updated to just April 2019. What is the official EOL date for 14.04 LTS?
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Why isn't Chromium up-to-date in all the Ubuntu LTS repos, like Firefox is?

The chromium-browser package in Ubuntu's LTS repos is rather old for the older 12.04LTS & 14.04LTS. See this search of Ubuntu's packages for chromium-browser to see that chromium-browser is at: version 37.x in 12.04LTS (Apparently from June…
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Is the "Final Release" a "Development Release"?

Update The official Release Notes appear to have been updated recently (as of writing this the last update appears to have taken place on 3rd of June) to include the following statement: The -d switch is necessary to upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS…
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How to switch from libinput to synaptics in Ubuntu 18.04

There is a problem with my laptop — jumping cursor. I think the hardware is the source of the problem. Maybe toucpad is just very inaccurate when getting finger coordinates and touching events. On Ubuntu 14.04 I just set vertical and horizontal…
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Unmet dependencies for python 3.10

Here is the specific problem: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libpython3.10-stdlib : Depends: libpython3.10-minimal (= 3.10.4-1+focal1) but it is not going to be installed python3.10-minimal : Depends: libpython3.10-minimal (=…
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Why my ubuntu 16.04 LTS suddenly become very slow?

I installed ubuntu 16.04 LTS in Oct. last year on my newly bought HP Envy i7-6700 CPU (x64-based 3.4GHz 4-core 8 -processors, 16 GB ram, 2TB hard drive), it was running OK until just before the X-mas holidays when it became very slow, some times…
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An easy way to upgrade from 22.04 to 24.04 without losing data or application settings?

I have Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and want to upgrade to 24.04 LTS without losing data or applications or their settings from my machine. I realise that I can wait till August and then an automatic upgrade window will emerge during my regular system…
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Upgrade 16.04.2 LTS to kernel version 4.8?

I am on Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-62-generic i686) and when I do: aptitude update aptitude safe-upgrade no upgrades are offered. aptitude search linux-headers-4.8 offers several 4.8 kernels: p linux-headers-4.8.0-28 …
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Quantal backported kernel in 12.04.2? What's going on there?

I'm sure that I'm not the first and/or only one to notice that 12.04.2, released earlier this year, installs by default a backported 3.5 kernel from the Quantal (12.10) release. I'm surprised to see this in an LTS version, so I was wondering what's…
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