Oldest Ubuntu you’re running

[sports fan Matt]

I’m just curious what is the oldest release of Ubuntu that your currently running mine is Fossa ~ not sure if I want to upgrade yet.

[Dennis N]

I’m just curious what is the oldest release of Ubuntu that your currently running mine is Fossa ~ not sure if I want to upgrade yet.

As far back as Ubuntu 16.04, the LTS versions of Ubuntu can obtain 10 years of support by enrolling your system in the Ubuntu Pro services. I have Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed and enrolled. It receives kernel and security updates until 2028.

[sports fan Matt]

I’m in the middle of upgrading to jellyfish at this point. 22.04 And will probably stop (I’ll wait for a few months before I think about upgrading to noble)

[him610]

@Dennis N

As far back as Ubuntu 16.04, the LTS versions of Ubuntu can obtain 10 years of support by enrolling your system in the Ubuntu Pro services.
Does that also include flavors such as Xubuntu, Lubuntu,etc?
Ten years? I don't know if I will live that long.

[deadflowr]

@Dennis N

Does that also include flavors such as Xubuntu, Lubuntu,etc?
Ten years? I don't know if I will live that long.

See: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/question-about-ubuntu-pro-for-official-ubuntu-flavors/44290

[lammert-nijhof]

My oldest Ubuntu, that I still can run is Ubuntu 4.10 in a VirtualBox VM. The oldest Ubuntu VM that I still use frequently is Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, that I use exclusively for banking. It is encrypted by VirtualBox and it runs the newest stable snaps for Firefox and LibreOffice Calc.
The only Ubuntu I run on hardware is a minimal install of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS supported by Virtualbox and OpenZFS. Basically, it is an all-in-one combination of Desktop, File Server and Virtualization Server. All my Apps run in VMs.