Phantse nawuphi na umsebenzisi we-Ubuntu uyazi xa iinguqulelo ezintsha zifika kwaye zixhaswa ixesha elingakanani. Rhoqo kwiinyanga ezintandathu bakhupha uhlobo oluqhelekileyo lomjikelo, kwaye inkxaso ziinyanga ezili-9 kuzo zonke incasa. Nditsho nenombolo ebaliweyo ngo-Epreli bakhupha inguqulelo ye-LTS eqale yaxhaswa iminyaka emi-5, ii-flavour ezi-3, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha iCanonical yolula ngokuthe kratya kwaye yenza ntoni wenze ngeenguqulelo zeXesha eliXhasi ezikhutshwe ngo-2014 nango-2016, okt. Ubuntu 14.04 kunye no-Ubuntu 16.04.
ICanonical ibhengeze ukuba uXenial Xerus kunye noTrusty Tahr bazakuqala kwiminyaka emihlanu ukuya wanyamezela iminyaka elishumi. Yinkxaso efanayo esele ibhengezile ukuba iBionic Beaver kunye neFocal Fossa iya kuba nayo, apho imihla yokuphela kweXerus kunye neTahr ziya ku-2026 no-2024 ngokwahlukeneyo. Ewe kunjalo, kufuneka sikhumbule ukuba inkxaso yi-ESM, eya kuthi ivumele ukuba baqhubeke nokufumana uhlaziyo lokhuseleko, kodwa hayi imisebenzi emitsha.
Ubuntu 16.04 kunye ne-14.04 ziya kuphelelwa ngo-2026 no-2024
"Ngokuqhubeka komjikelo wobomi be-Ubuntu 14.04 kunye ne-16.04 LTS, singena kwiphepha elitsha ekuzinikeleni kwethu ukwenza ukuba kubekho iimeko zeshishini", utshilo uNikos Mavrogiannopoulos, Umphathi weMveliso yeCanonical. Icandelo ngalinye leshishini linomjikelo wobomi balo wokuhambisa kwaye lamkela itekhnoloji kumanqanaba ohlukeneyo. Sizisa inkqubo yokusebenza yobomi eyenza imibutho ilawule iziseko zophuhliso ngokwemiqathango yayo. "
ICanonical ithi olu lwandiso ekuxhaseni iinguqulelo zeLTS lukhuthazwa kuba abathengi babo banezoqoqosho olungcono kuhlaziyo lwezixhobo, nakwi yintoni ukhuseleko Zonke iintlobo zezixhobo, kodwa ngakumbi kwezo zisetyenziselwa iinkampani. Ngomsebenzisi oqhelekileyo, iminyaka emihlanu ingaphezulu ngokwaneleyo ukuba ithathe isigqibo sokutsiba, kodwa kwiinkampani inkqubo yokusebenza ibuyiselwe kancinci, okanye ukuba akunjalo, baxelela ezo nkampani zisasebenza ngeWindows XP okanye, okubi ngakumbi, yiWindows 95 .
NgoMeyi 2021, Ubuntu 16.04 ifikelele esiphelweni somjikelo wobomi bayo, kwaye ngoku ifana ne-ESM, ilebheli enokuthi, njengo-Ubuntu 14.04, iphele xa ijika ishumi.