Canonical warned about the imminent five-year update period for Ubuntu distribution 16.04 LTS. Starting April 30, 2021, official public support for the Ubuntu 16.04 distribution will end. For users who do not have time to transfer their systems to Ubuntu 18.04 or 20.04, as well as for past LTS releases, the program is offered ESM (Extended Security Maintenance), which extends the publication of updates with the elimination of vulnerabilities for the kernel and the most important system packages until April 2024. Access to ESM updates is limited only for users of paid subscription to technical support services.
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