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# Blog posts tagged "LTS"

#### [Canonical expands total coverage for 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)

Ubuntu Pro now supports LTS releases for up to 15 years through the Legacy add-on. More security, more stability, and greater control over upgrade timelines for enterprises.

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Support

#### [Canonical announces 12 year Kubernetes LTS](https://canonical.com/blog/12-year-lts-for-kubernetes)

Canonical’s Kubernetes LTS (Long Term Support) will support FedRAMP compliance and receive at least 12 years of committed security maintenance and enterprise support on bare metal, public clouds, OpenStack, Canonical MicroCloud and VMware. February 11,  2025 Today, Canonical announced a 12 year security maintenance and support commitment

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Canonical announcements

#### [Canonical announces the first MicroCloud LTS release](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-releases-microcloud-lts)

Canonical announces the first MicroCloud LTS release. MicroCloud 2.1.0 LTS features support for single-node deployments, improved security posture, and more flexibility during the initialization process.

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Cloud and server

#### [Canonical offers 12 year LTS for any open source Docker image](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-offers-12-year-lts-for-any-open-source-docker-image)

‘Everything LTS’  – Canonical will build distroless Docker images to customer spec that include upstream components not packaged in Ubuntu, and fix critical CVEs within 24 hours, supported on RHEL, Ubuntu, VMware or public cloud K8s for 12+ years. London, 26 June 2024 Canonical today expanded its LTS offering beyond the ‘deb’ packages of

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Canonical announcements

#### [LXD 5.21.0 LTS is now available](https://canonical.com/blog/lxd_5-21-0_lts)

5.21.0 LTS, the stable release of LXD, the system container and VM manager, is now available.

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Cloud and server

#### [Canonical reaffirms 10 year LTS of Linux kernel and Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/linux-kernel-lts)

This post was written by Cindy Goldberg – VP of Silicon Alliances, Brett Grandbois – Ubuntu Kernel Engineering Director and Edoardo Barbieri – Real-time Kernel Product Manager at Canonical. At the 2023 Open Source Summit Europe, Linux Weekly News editor Jonathan Corbet announced that the upstream Long-term support (LTS) window for Linux k

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Ubuntu

#### [CVE 우선순위 지정을 통한 오픈 소스 보안](https://canonical.com/blog/securing-open-source-through-cve-prioritisation-kr)

최근 연구에 따르면 엔터프라이즈 시장의 애플리케이션 중 96%가 오픈 소스 소프트웨어를 사용합니다. 오픈 소스 환경이 점점 더 세분화됨에 따라 조직에 대한 잠재적인 보안 취약점의 영향을 평가하는 작업이 엄청날 수 있습니다. 우분투는 가장 안전한 운영 체제 중 하나로 알려져 있습니다. 하지만 그 이유는 무엇일까요? 우분투 보안팀은 매일 알려진 취약점에 대해 업데이트된 소프트웨어 패키지를 수정하고 릴리스하기 때문에

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Security

#### [Securing open source through CVE prioritisation](https://canonical.com/blog/securing-open-source-through-cve-prioritisation)

According to a recent study, 96% of applications in the enterprise market use open-source software. As the open source landscape becomes more and more fragmented, the task to assess the impact of potential security vulnerabilities for an organisation can become overwhelming. Ubuntu is known as one of the most secure operating systems, but

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Cloud and server

#### [LXD 5.0 LTS is now available](https://canonical.com/blog/lxd-5-0-lts-is-now-available)

The stable release of LXD, the system container and VM manager, is now available. LXD 5.0 is the fourth LTS release for LXD, and will be supported for 5 years, until June 2027.

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Cloud and server

#### [Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is released](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-22-04-lts-released)

London, 21 April 2022. Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is now generally available, featuring significant leaps forward in cloud confidential computing, real-time kernel for industrial applications, and enterprise Active Directory, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, FIPS and FedRAMP compliance – raising the bar for open source from cloud to edge, IoT and workstat

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Canonical announcements

#### [cPanel & WHM® expands collaboration with Ubuntu to bring full support for Ubuntu LTS in V102](https://canonical.com/blog/cpanel-whm-expands-collaboration-with-ubuntu-to-bring-full-support-for-ubuntu-lts-in-v102)

40% of the 2021 Open Stack Survey respondents indicated Ubuntu as their primary OS. Houston, TX – February 2022 – cPanel® L.L.C., the Hosting Platform of Choice, a WebPros® portfolio company, is expanding its collaboration with Ubuntu to provide full support for Ubuntu LTS 20.04 with cPanel & WHM version 102.  In the winter of 2020, CentO

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Canonical announcements

#### [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS transitions to Extended Security Maintenance (ESM)](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-16-04-lts-transitions-to-extended-security-maintenance-esm)

This article was updated in September 2021 to reflect the new lifecycle of 16.04. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ‘Xenial Xerus’ transitions into the extended security maintenance (ESM) support phase at the end of April 2021 from its standard, five-year maintenance window for Ubuntu long term support (LTS) releases. Xenial Xerus is still supported until

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Cloud and server

#### [Canonical’s LTS Docker Image Portfolio is now available on Amazon ECR Public](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-lts-docker-image-portfolio-on-amazon-ecr-public)

Today, Canonical announced the availability of its curated set of secure container application images on Amazon ECR Public, complementing the current offering. Multiple registries, one product Developers now also have access to the LTS Docker Image Portfolio from the Amazon ECR Public registry. Free and commercial versions of the hardened

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Company

#### [Canonical publishes LTS Docker Image Portfolio on Docker Hub](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-publishes-lts-docker-image-portfolio-on-docker-hub)

Ten year maintenance commitment on app images provides secure cloud software supply chain November 24th 2020: Canonical has published the LTS Docker Image Portfolio, a curated set of secure container application images, on Docker Hub. The LTS Docker Image Portfolio comes with up to ten years Extended Security Maintenance by Canonical. “LT

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Canonical announcements

#### [Less than 6 months to Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: 6 things to prepare](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-16-04-lts-esm-migration-path)

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus will enter the extended security maintenance (ESM) period in April 2021. This article explains the ESM period and provides a guide for six key considerations when planning a migration path from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Contact us with your ESM questions What is ESM? Every Ubuntu Long Term Support (LTS) release

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Apps

#### [Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed is now available](https://canonical.com/blog/dell-xps-13-developer-edition-with-ubuntu-20-04-lts-pre-installed-is-now-available)

The Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition is now available in North America and selected EMEA countries\* certified with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed to work straight out of the box. This is the first system available on the market with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, released in April 2020, and continues the long-standing partnership with Canonical which is

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Canonical announcements

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