Linux: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will be supported for a full decade

Mark Shuttleworth has announced that Ubuntu 18.04 will be supported for ten years. Long Term Support releases of Ubuntu usually enjoy just five years of support, so this doubling is highly significant. Shuttleworth -- the founder of Canonical and Ubuntu -- made the announcement at the OpenStack Summit in Berlin, and the change is a tactical manoeuvre that will help Ubuntu better compete against the likes of RedHat. It is also an acknowledgement that many industries are working on projects that will not see the light of day for many years, and they need the reassurance of on-going support from… [Continue Reading]