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LTS stands for "Long Term Support release". These Ubuntu releases are considered to be especially stable and receive official support longer than normal releases. A new LTS comes out every 2 years. This tag should be used for questions regarding LTS releases in general. For questions about a specific LTS release please use the respective version tag.

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What's the difference between a Long Term Support Release and a Normal Release?

What are the differences between an Ubuntu Long Term Support release (LTS) and a normal release?
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Is the "Final Release" a "Development Release"?

Update The official Release Notes appear to have been updated recently (as of writing this the last update appears to have taken place on 3rd of June) to include the following statement: The -d ...
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Can I smoothly upgrade from one LTS to next LTS release?

Question is about Ubuntu release process. Are migrations from n to n+1 releases expected? Assuming we have server with installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Will it be smoothly upgradable to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ...
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How do I upgrade from 14.04 LTS to 16.04.1 LTS?

So, today is July 21st and this page. gives me an option to download 16.04.1 LTS. However, attempting to upgrade gets me this message - $ sudo do-release-upgrade Checking for a new Ubuntu release No ...
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How to stop updating of non-HWE kernels after installing HWE kernels in Ubuntu LTS releases?

I ran the following a week ago to upgrade from 16.04.1 to 16.04.2 with HWE: sudo apt install --install-recommends xserver-xorg-hwe-16.04 It installed a 4.8 kernel which I'm running now. Just now, I ...
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How can I upgrade the Ubuntu LTS kernel to newer?

I just installed Ubuntu 12.04.2 64-bit on my desktop PC and I see the kernel in System Monitor is 3.5.0-23 but in Ubuntu 12.04.2 in my laptop the kernel is 3.2.0-38. I have already tried to run the ...
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Unable to boot Ubuntu Live USB Flash Drive with casper-rw persistent partition

So, I've spent the last day going through similar questions, and can confirm first that this is not a duplicate of: Ubuntu Live-USB Using a "casper-rw" Partition Persistent Ubuntu 14.04 USB fails to ...
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Login screen loops unless you login as Guest [duplicate]

I am running a VMWare Player with a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin as Guest on my Windows 7. Sometimes I get the shutdown blue screen error in Windows, this time it happened when I was running the ...
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How to recover files after deleted my Ubuntu partition?

I normally dual-boot with 12.04 and Win XP pro sp3 on a Thinkpad R60. I needed to reinstall windows because of problems piling up, so I ran the computer's built-in hard-disk recovery software. I ...
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How to enable HWE on Ubuntu 22.04

I have an installation of Ubuntu 22.04 (desktop) that I did as soon as 22.04 was available, so it was 22.04.0 at the time. It's fully up to date and currently on 22.04.1 according to "lsb_release ...
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Unmet dependencies for python 3.10

Here is the specific problem: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libpython3.10-stdlib : Depends: libpython3.10-minimal (= 3.10.4-1+focal1) but it is not going to be installed python3.10-...
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How to remove Kernel/LTS Enablement Stack?

this question regarding the LTS Enablement Stack has actually two parts: I installed Linux 3.5.0-x on Precise 64bit via sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-quantal xserver-xorg-lts-quantal . As ...
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How do I install pillow in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?

I went to This site for installing Pillow since the original PIL is a discontinued project and so now not so good to use. But, in the table support for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is unmentioned. It appears ...
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Distribution not supported error when trying to install Intel Graphics Installer on Ubuntu 14.04

My processor is Intel core i3 inside x64 bit and RAM is 4 gb. When I used Windows 7 Intel was successfully installing, but now I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and Intel Installer makes me crazy!!! I've tried ...
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Why does Ubuntu 14.04 LTS use a non-LTS kernel version?

I only recently became aware that LTS wasn't just an Ubuntu thing - there's LTS kernel versions too. Yet the kernel version used (3.13) in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is not an LTS kernel version. Is it ...
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How to switch from libinput to synaptics in Ubuntu 18.04

There is a problem with my laptop — jumping cursor. I think the hardware is the source of the problem. Maybe toucpad is just very inaccurate when getting finger coordinates and touching events. On ...
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Does 12.04 LXDE have LTS? [duplicate]

This question sparked my question. Will my PC receive the Long Term Support (LTS) using LXDE in Ubuntu 12.04? What does it mean that Lubuntu doesn't have long term support? Does it just mean it's ...
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Why the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is till 2020-2022 and not just 2022?

Why the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is till 2020-2022 and not just 2022? What is the reason for choosing to stop LTS inside a range and not a specific year? Thanks,
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Quantal backported kernel in 12.04.2? What's going on there?

I'm sure that I'm not the first and/or only one to notice that 12.04.2, released earlier this year, installs by default a backported 3.5 kernel from the Quantal (12.10) release. I'm surprised to see ...
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Unable to upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04, no real error?

I received the notice that there's an update for my desktop install, but I'm unable to do so. There's no real error messages that I can see. I've run sudo apt autoremove, sudo apt upgrade, and sudo ...
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Is my Ubuntu LTS EOL?

Lately whenever I run software update I get the message suggesting that my version of Ubuntu is EOL. But when I run lsb_release -a I get No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu ...
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How do I upgrade my Ubuntu server from one LTS version to another? Is this safe?

I like to keep all my servers running only the most stable versions of any operating system, so obviously I only run the LTS versions of Ubuntu. I currently have a few servers running Ubuntu server ...
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Is there a way to find out whether an updated program/package lands in the official Ubuntu release repositories?

If there is a new release/major update of a program (e.g. Rhythmbox 2.97, Skype 4.0 or Gimp 2.8), is there an easy way to tell whether and when they will make it to the current official Ubuntu release ...
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Is it necessary to upgrade to 14.04 LTS or can I stand in 12.04 LTS forever with no problem?

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, and although I would like to upgrade to 14.04 LTS, I don't want to have any troubles after upgrading. For example, I don't know if I can no longer use some of my software ...
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How can I upgrade from 17.04 to the latest non-LTS Ubuntu?

How do I upgrade from 17.04 LTS to newest non-LTS version? It's an older laptop and I'm not sure how to do it. Using the standard update isn't working.
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Why my ubuntu 16.04 LTS suddenly become very slow?

I installed ubuntu 16.04 LTS in Oct. last year on my newly bought HP Envy i7-6700 CPU (x64-based 3.4GHz 4-core 8 -processors, 16 GB ram, 2TB hard drive), it was running OK until just before the X-mas ...
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Can Ubuntu Server 10.04.4 LTS be upgraded to NON-LTS?

I have a server running Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS. Can I upgrade this distribution to precise LTS, then from there, convert to non-LTS releases?
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What are the specifics of 18.04's ten year support?

Apparently Shuttleworth announced at the OpenStack Summit that Ubuntu 18.04 will have ten years of support (originally cited ZDnet article). But neither the Ubuntu website nor the Ubuntu wiki have ...
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Is it possible to skip an LTS upgrade?

If you want to upgrade from 10.10 to 12.04, then you'll need to follow the upgrade path; 10.10 > 11.04 > 11.10 > 12.04. However, with LTS versions, you can upgrade directly, so that you can upgrade ...
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Is Canonical Livepatch not supported on non-LTS release like Ubuntu 18.10?

Last night I thought to check whether Canonical Livepatch service is working fine after upgrading to Ubuntu 18.10 from Ubuntu 18.04. I know it was meaningless since it was working fine in Ubuntu 18.04....
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Security updates for the universe repository for LTS releases?

What happens if there is a security problem in a package in the universe repository four years after the 12.04 LTS release; will the package be updated from upstream, patched, or left alone? It's my ...
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When will the next LTS version of Lubuntu be released?

12.04 was an LTS for Ubuntu but not for Lubuntu, hence this query.
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Why does Ubuntu 14.04 LTS use linux kernel 3.13?

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS has been released with Linux kernel 3.13 (development version) and not a stable version of the Linux kernel (3.14 or 3.12). Is thís because of many new features being added in Linux ...
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Conky for Ubuntu Budgie 18.04.1 LTS

I've had a downgrade on conky to fix the bugs.However,even with a 1.9.0-4 version it don't works as I expected.When I download some skins(the most of them) they don't appear on my desktop,have a bug ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS says no bluetooth found plug in a dongle to use bluetooth

I have currently clean installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Desktop stable build which was released on April 21/04/2022,on my Asus K55VJ 3rd gen Corei5,GT 635 M with 2GB of VRAM,8GB RAM...Now when i go to the ...
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I want to merge an unallocated space with my Ubuntu Partition but i can't

I used G-PARTED, the partition managing application, to merge my Ubuntu Installation Partition (sda6) with unallocated space. When I try to increase the Ubuntu partition with the resize option, no ...
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cannot import saved openVPN configuration file in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

I am trying to import a .ovpn file from the network manager. Here are the steps I follow. Network Manager → VPN Connections → configure VPN This opens the Network Connections dialogue. Then, ...
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Why isn't Chromium up-to-date in all the Ubuntu LTS repos, like Firefox is?

The chromium-browser package in Ubuntu's LTS repos is rather old for the older 12.04LTS & 14.04LTS. See this search of Ubuntu's packages for chromium-browser to see that chromium-browser is at: ...
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When is the exact date for EOL of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS?

Looking online I can see mention in a cached version of a blog.ubuntu.com post that Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is EOL on 30th April 2019, however it has been updated to just April 2019. What is the official EOL ...
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How to only perform LTS upgrades?

I know I've seen this documented somewhere before, but what's the option to keep update-manager from prompting for updates except for LTS-to-LTS releases?
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Should I upgrade to an LTS release if I want to keep receiving non-LTS releases?

If I upgrade to an LTS version, will it be able to upgrade to the next non-LTS release or will I be stuck with an LTS version of Ubuntu? I am currently using a non-LTS version of Ubuntu. When the ...
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Ubuntu non LTS to LTS in the future

If I install Ubuntu 18.10 (non LTS) now, then follow all the releases until next year where we will get the next LTS, will I (next year) be able to install the new LTS from my non LTS? I am not ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 iso too big for DVD

I am trying to install ubuntu-22.04-2-desktop-amd64.iso on an HP Z210 computer. When I go into the BIOS boot menu with a bootable USB inserted, the BIOS does not recognize the USB stick. So I need to ...
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Does support for Kubuntu 20.04 end in 2023?

I've got a (K)ubuntu 20.04 system, as far as I can see: $ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=focal DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS" and I'...
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What does Ubuntu mean by "support" for its releases?

Whenever Ubuntu releases a new version during six months, they offer support for that version for the coming six months right? What does that support mean? Does it mean that I cannot use apt-get to ...
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What is the usual boot time on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS? [closed]

I've been using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) on my Thinkpad E450 for almost a year. My device usually takes over two minutes to boot. I ran systemd-analyze blame, and the total boot time is 126....
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Can't upgrade ubuntu server from 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS

I'm trying to upgrade my 10.04 server using do-release-upgrade, but it keeps saying there is no new version available. If I change the prompt config in /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades to normal, ...
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How do I get the newest lowlatency-kernel on 18.04 LTS?

When installing the linux-lowlatency package on 18.04 LTS, the lowlatency-kernel version 4.15 is installed, while the -generic kernel has been updated to 4.18 since the LTS release. 4.18 linux-...
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Ubuntu has LTS and normal version now. Does Lubuntu have the same?

Anyway....there is Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and the normal 12.10 version. Is that the same with Lubuntu? On their site, for some reason, they seem to be promoting the 12.10 version while for me an LTS is ...
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Upgrade Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 from ISO

Can I upgrade Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS from already downloaded 18.04 LTS ISO ? If can, How?
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