Support for ubuntu/kubuntu 10.04

**jsvidyad** · February 19th, 2013

Hello,

Support for ubuntu/kubuntu 10.04 ends in april of this year. This means that they will definitely provide security updates for ubuntu/kubuntu 10.04 till april of this year, right? I was wondering, what happens if someone over at Canonical thinks, "What the heck? Just a few weeks left. Why should I bother with providing security updates for ubuntu/kubuntu 10.04 with such a short period of time remaining till the release end of life?"

**3rdalbum** · February 19th, 2013

Originally Posted by jsvidyad

Hello,

Support for ubuntu/kubuntu 10.04 ends in april of this year. This means that they will definitely provide security updates for ubuntu/kubuntu 10.04 till april of this year, right? I was wondering, what happens if someone over at Canonical thinks, "What the heck? Just a few weeks left. Why should I bother with providing security updates for ubuntu/kubuntu 10.04 with such a short period of time remaining till the release end of life?"

They get fired. Maintaining security updates is important for their paying customers.

However if you are worried about security updates, upgrade to 12.04 LTS.

**jsvidyad** · February 24th, 2013

Hello,

I will upgrade to ubuntu 12.04 soon. But, they will definitely provide security updates for ubuntu/kubuntu 10.04 till the end of life date in April 2013, right? I was just worried about someone or maybe canonical itself slacking off in this matter just because the end of life date was so near.

**jsvidyad** · February 25th, 2013

Can someone please help me here?

**oldos2er** · February 25th, 2013

3rdalbum answered your question, if you need more info I suggest you contact Canonical directly. http://www.canonical.com/about-canonical/contact

**grahammechanical** · February 25th, 2013

I am resisting the temptation to say that all support has been withdrawn due to all the insults that Mark Shuttleworth has received over the last two years. So, I will not say that.

Look here. Scroll down the page until you see this

Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 11.10, 12.04 and 12.10

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2117892

Support was promised for 8.04 server edition for five years. That promise is being kept. What basis do you have for thinking that the good folks at Canonical and all the good folk who are Ubuntu Community volunteers are not professional in their application to the tasks they do?

Regards.

**jsvidyad** · March 11th, 2013

Hello,

I didn't mean to cause any offence. But, in the country I am from(which shall remain un-named

), it would not be too surprising if a company or atleast some of its employees slacked off in such a situation. Anyway, it is reassuring to know that Canonical will definitely provide support and updates for ubuntu/kubuntu 10.04 till April of this year. By the way, does the support end at the beginning of April? Does anyone know the definite last date till which Canonical will provide support and updates for ubuntu/kubuntu 10.04?

**Frogs Hair** · March 11th, 2013

There is no specific day listed for end of support. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

**jsvidyad** · March 11th, 2013

So, the last date for support and updates for ubuntu/kubuntu 10.04 could be any day in April 2013?

**Frogs Hair** · March 11th, 2013

13.04 is due for release on 4-25 and by looking at past history that may be close. 10.04 was released on the 4-29-10 and the other releases seem to end life almost on the same day of initial release.