Although Xubuntu 14.04 will "only" have LTS support for three years, it'll be safe enough to use for five years, anyway....
Only the specific Xubuntu packages (mainly the Xfce ones) will receive "merely" three years of support, but the other packages (the kernel, Firefox, Libre Office, Thunderbird, Flash Player, etc.etc.) will have the full five years support. Because they come from the generic Ubuntu repositories for Ubuntu 14.04. It's highly unlikely that attackers will target the Xfce packages of Xubuntu 14.04 after three years. Attackers usually go for the widely used stuff, like the mainstream applications. So: no worries. Using Xubuntu 14.04 for five years instead of three, is only a slight risk. Quite acceptable. :-) Regards, Pjotr. 2014-02-23 13:01 GMT+01:00 Pasi Lallinaho <p...@shimmerproject.org>: > With the current amount of contributors, the team doesn't wish to offer > support for longer than 3 years. The Ubuntu core packages are supported for > 5 years as usually. > > The other flavors announce their LTS status and lenght on their own > mailing lists or other outlets, you should follow them for that information. > > Cheers, > Pasi > > > On 23/02/14 10:18, Colin wrote: > > 3 years, why not is 5years > > > ------------------ Original ------------------ > *From: * "Tiago Ribeiro";<zak...@gmail.com> <zak...@gmail.com>; > *Date: * Sat, Feb 22, 2014 00:37 AM > *To: * "Xubuntu Development > Discussion"<xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com><xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com>; > > *Subject: * Re: Xubuntu 14.04: LTS with 3 years support > > Great news. > I wasn't able to test any alpha build but will install the beta1 in my > netbook (February 27th, if I'm correct) > > Best regards to all that thrive to make Xubuntu even better. > > zakzor > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Pasi Lallinaho > <p...@shimmerproject.org>wrote: > >> Just a quick note, >> >> Xubuntu 14.04 will be an LTS release with 3 years support. >> >> For reference, the official confirmation is at: >> >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2014-February/002784.html >> >> Cheers, >> Pasi >> >> -- >> Pasi Lallinaho (knome) >> http://open.knome.fi/ >> Leader of Shimmer Project and Xubuntu >> http://shimmerproject.org/ >> Graphic artist, webdesigner, Ubuntu member >> http://xubuntu.org/ >> >> >> -- >> xubuntu-devel mailing list >> xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel >> > > > > -- > Nelson Mandela explained Ubuntu as follows: > "A traveller through a country would stop at a village and he didn't have > to ask for food or for water. Once he stops, the people give him food, > entertain him. That is one aspect of Ubuntu but it will have various > aspects. Ubuntu does not mean that people should not address themselves. > The question therefore is: Are you going to do so in order to enable the > community around you to be able to improve?" > > > > > -- > Pasi Lallinaho (knome) >> http://open.knome.fi/ > Leader of Shimmer Project and Xubuntu >> http://shimmerproject.org/ > Graphic artist, webdesigner, Ubuntu member >> http://xubuntu.org/ > > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > >
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