Last year, Canonical increased its paid extended support lifespan to 12 years. Now, it's increasing it again, to 15 years ... for a price.

Canonical's announcement puts the main news right into the title: Canonical expands total coverage for Ubuntu LTS releases to 15 years with Legacy add-on. This is an extended version of its existing Ubuntu Pro coverage.

The announcement links back to the lifetime increase that the company announced in March 2024 , when it increased its extended support period from a decade to 12 years – as we reported at the time .

At the time, it meant that Ubuntu 14.04 got a life extension. Well, it just got another one: rather than croaking next year when 26.04 "Resolute Raccoon" debuts, now, Trusty Tahr will live on until 2029 – and from now on, every Ubuntu LTS

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