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Ubuntu LTS releases to 15 years with Legacy add-on

https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-expands-total-coverage-for-ubuntu-lts-releases-to-15-years-with-legacy-add-on
27•taubek•2d ago

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therealfiona•2d ago
How many customers did this take? Wow...
unsnap_biceps•16m ago
It could just have been one with a very large check.
MiddleEndian•13m ago
It doesn't seem unreasonable to me if you have the resources. If I could've paid Apple to somehow just support OS X 10.6 forever I'd probably still be a Mac/Hackintosh user lol
paulddraper•4m ago
There’s at least one customer somewhere willing to pay $1 million for that.

Plus adding a general feeling of confidence to the product as a whole. And safety knowing that you can upgrade for an extra 5 years of support if you need it.

Animats•8m ago
Nice.

Should be mandatory for home automation systems. Support must outlive the home warranty.

superkuh•7m ago
I've used Canonical's free 3-seat extended service mantainence (ESM) support on my one 14.04 LTS machine for a long time. It's so nice having a stable target for more than decade for my personal projects. I have so much software defined radio software that absolutely does break in ways I can't fix on a newer version of any Debian-alike. The ESM program has been a provider of peace of mind when still leaving that SDR machine connected to the internet and running javascript.

>30-day trial for enterprises. Always free for personal use. >Free, personal subscription for 5 machines for you or any business you own

This "Pro" program also being free is a suprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

nebula8804•5m ago
The person having to maintain this must be in a world of hurt. Unless they found someone who really likes doing this kind of thing? Still, maintaining such an old codebase while the rest of the world moves on...ugh...

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