Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu operating system, he said an important extension in the support lifecycle of long-term support (LTS from long-term support) releases.
The new add-on will be a paid Legacy Support for Ubuntu Pro subscribers and will provide additional security updates and support for 12 years, extending the previous support of 10 years.
This improvement will be available starting with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and will benefit both enterprises and individual users who need the stability and security of Ubuntu for their critical systems.
From beforechoice, οι εκδόσεις Ubuntu LTS υποστηρίζονται για πέντε χρόνια. Ωστόσο, με το Ubuntu Pro, υποστηρίζονται για 10 χρόνια τόσο για τα κύρια αλλά και τα δευτερεύοντα αποθετήρια, προσφέροντας πρόσβαση σε ένα ευρύτερο φάσμα εφαρμογών ανοιχτού κώδικα.
The Legacy Support add-on further extends this period by two additional years, ensuring that organizations can maintain their systems with the latest security updates and support services without the immediate need to upgrade to a newer version of the operating system.
This is of course particularly beneficial for large production systems where migrating to a new operating system can be a complex and risky endeavor due to the potential need to update the entire stack.
Extended support includes ongoing management ευπαθειών για κρίσιμα, υψηλά και μεσαία κοινά τρωτά points and CVEs in all software packages that come with Ubuntu.
