Canonical Announces “Extended Security Maintenance” Program for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

For home users, upgrading the operating system is undoubtedly a very simple matter, whether it is Windows, Mac or GNU/Linux distribution, as long as the data is properly saved, you can upgrade. However, it is not so simple for enterprises, and enterprises often adopt a “no failure, no repair” attitude to negatively treat system upgrades, and do not want to stop down to affect the company’s profitability.

Ubuntu 14.04 is about to reach the end of its life, and Canonical officially announced today the Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) program. Canonical said: “Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) was introduced for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS as a way to extend the availability of critical and important security patches beyond the nominal End of Life date of Ubuntu 12.04. Organisations use ESM to address security compliance concerns while they manage the upgrade process to newer versions of Ubuntu under full support. The ability to plan application upgrades in a failsafe environment continues to be cited as the main value for adoption of ESM. With the End of Life of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS in April 2019, and to support the planning efforts of developers worldwide, Canonical is announcing the availability of ESM for Ubuntu 14.04.”.

Ubuntu 14.04 will stop on April 30, 2019. If your business is still running Trusty Tahr, then you have about half a year to develop an upgrade plan.