Kusan kowane mai amfani da Ubuntu ya san lokacin da sabbin sigogi suka zo da kuma tsawon lokacin da aka tallafa musu. Kowace watanni shida suna sakin sigar sake zagayowar al'ada, kuma tallafin shine watanni 9 don duk abubuwan dandano. Ko shekarun da aka ƙidaya a watan Afrilu sun fitar da sigar LTS wacce aka fara tallafawa ta tsawon shekaru 5, dandano 3, amma wani lokacin Canonical yana ƙara ɗan ƙarawa kuma yana yin abin ya yi tare da sigogin Tallafin Tsawon Lokaci da aka fitar a 2014 da 2016, watau Ubuntu 14.04 da Ubuntu 16.04.
Canonical ya ba da sanarwar cewa Xenial Xerus da Trusty Tahr za su tafi daga shekaru biyar zuwa ya jure tsawon shekaru goma. Irin wannan tallafi ne wanda tuni suka sanar da cewa Bionic Beaver da Focal Fossa zasu samu, wanda sabbin kwanakin karewar Xerus da Tahr zasu tafi zuwa 2026 da 2024 bi da bi. Tabbas, dole ne a yi la’akari da cewa tallafin shine ESM, wanda zai ba su damar ci gaba da karɓar sabuntawar tsaro, amma ba sabbin ayyuka ba.
Ubuntu 16.04 da 14.04 zasu ƙare a 2026 da 2024
"Tare da tsawaita rayuwar rayuwar Ubuntu 14.04 da 16.04 LTS, muna shiga sabon shafi a cikin alƙawarin mu don ba da damar yanayin kasuwancin", Inji Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos, Manajan Samfurin Canonical. “Kowane sashin masana'antu yana da tsarin rayuwarsa na turawa kuma yana amfani da fasaha a matakai daban -daban. Muna kawo tsarin rayuwa mai aiki wanda ke ba wa kungiyoyi damar gudanar da ayyukan su bisa sharuddan su. "
Canonical ya ce wannan haɓakawa a cikin goyon bayan sigogin LTS yana motsawa saboda abokan cinikin sa suna da ingantaccen tattalin arziƙi a cikin sabunta abubuwan more rayuwa, kuma a cikin menene aminci ga kowane nau'in kayan aiki, amma ƙari a cikin waɗanda ake amfani da su don kamfanoni. Ga mai amfani na yau da kullun, shekaru biyar sun isa isa don yanke shawarar yin tsalle, amma a cikin kamfanoni an sake shigar da tsarin aiki sosai, ko in ba haka ba, suna gaya wa waɗancan kamfanonin waɗanda har yanzu suna aiki tare da Windows XP ko, mafi muni har yanzu, Windows 95 .
A cikin Mayu 2021, Ubuntu 16.04 ya kai karshen rayuwar ta, kuma yanzu yana kama da ESM, lakabin da, kamar Ubuntu 14.04, zai ƙare lokacin da ya cika goma.