Ngo-Ephreli 25, Ubuntu 12.04 izomiswa. Isitendi eside ngokungafani nezinye izinhlobo ezijwayelekile. Ngokunikezwe lokhu, abasebenzisi abane-Ubuntu 12.04 noma abazoyisebenzisa kuzofanela babuyekeze ukusatshalaliswa kwabo kunguqulo yakamuva noma ku-Ubuntu 14.04, noma yini abayithandayo noma yini ehlukumeza kakhulu inkampani noma umsebenzisi.
ICanonical kanye nethimba le-Ubuntu esimweni esinjalo sidalile uhlelo olubizwa Ubuntu 12.04 ESMokusho Ubuntu 12.04 Nweba Ukugcinwa Kwezokuphepha. Uhlelo noma insizakalo eshiwo kangcono lapho umsebenzisi ezoba nesikhathi esithe xaxa sokusebenzisa le nguqulo yakudala ye-Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM ayilutho ngaphandle kwensizakalo yokusekela, eyenzelwe yona ICanonical izonikezela ngezinhlobo zamanje neziphephile ze-kernel, izibuyekezo nezimagqabhagqabha zohlobo oludala. Futhi, kulokhu, inkampani engemuva ko-Ubuntu izonikeza usizo ukuze umsebenzisi noma inkampani ikwazi ukuvuselela yonke inethiwekhi yayo kuzinguqulo ezintsha ze-Ubuntu.
Njengamanje intengo yalolu hlelo noma uhlelo lwensizakalo ngu $ 150 ngemishini yomuntu ngamunye ngonyaka, $ 750 kumaseva ngonyaka kanye ne- $ 250 yemishini ebonakalayo ngonyaka. Ubuntu 12.04 ESM isivele itholakala esitolo se-Ubuntu online, okuthile okusenza sisole unomphela phakathi kwezinsizakalo zeCanonical. Eminyakeni emibili ukwesekwa kwe-Ubuntu 14.04 kuzophela kanye nezinye izinhlobo ezingezona ze-LTS ze-Ubuntu futhi uma uhlelo luhlala, lungashintshelwa kuzinguqulo ezilandelayo ze-Ubuntu, ngakho maduzane nje singaba no-Ubuntu 14.04 ESM noma Ubuntu 16.10 ESM.
Ukuthuthukela kuzinguqulo zakamuva ze-Ubuntu akuyona inkinga, ngakho-ke kubonakala sengathi Ubuntu 12.04 ESM yenzelwe izinkampani ezinkulu noma amanethiwekhi asebenzisa Ubuntu server 12.04 njengohlelo lokusebenza olukhulu ngakho-ke ukuvuselelwa kwalo kungaba yinkinga kakhulu kunokujwayelekile. Kunoma ikuphi, kuphinde kukhonjiswe ukuthi Ubuntu abugcini ngokusatshalaliswa okuhle kwama-desktops kepha futhi kuyindlela enhle yezinkampani.
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Ngiyaxolisa eh, kepha ngicabanga ukuthi bazozuza ngekhwalithi ngokuyeka ukuxhasa izinhlobo eziningi kangaka futhi bazinikele ku-16.04 LTS naku-16.10 wamanje kakhulu, okungenani i-LTS eyodwa endala ukuvumela isikhathi soshintsho nokuvumela i-LTS ukuthi kuthenjisiwe. Kepha ukuchitha izinsizakusebenza nesikhathi abangasisebenzisa kwezinye izinto, njengokuxhaswa kweMir ne-Unity 8.