Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin LTS (Long-Support Term) yakazosvika kumugumo woupenyu hwayo husiku musi waApril 28 2017.
Dare remakurukota rinoparidza pa Ubuntu Fridge mwedzi wapfuura:
Ubuntu yakatanga kuzivisa 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) yakabudiswa makore anenge 5 apfuura, musi waApril 26, 2012. Sezvo neyekutanga LTS yakabudiswa, Ubuntu yakazvipira kune hurumende yakachengeteka uye kugadziriswa kwakakosha kwekanguva chemakore 5. Nguva yekutsigira yava pedyo nekuguma kwayo uye Ubuntu 12.04 ichasvika pakuguma kweupenyu musi weChishanu, April 28th. Panguva iyoyo, Ubuntu Security Notices haichazovi nemashoko kana kuti zvatsvaga pakurongwa kweBuntu 12.04.
Kana iwe uchida kuvandudza usinisi yako Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, unogona kutanga simudzira ku Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, yakatsigirwa kusvikira muna 2019, uye ipapo ku Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, yakatsigirwa kushandiswa kusvika muna April 2021.
Kune vashandisi vasingagoni kuvandudza pakarepo, Canonical ine zvakaziviswa ruzivo rwakakura rutsigiro rweBuntu Advantage vatengi:
Kutevera kuguma kwehupenyu hweUbuntu 12.04 LTS, Canonical inopa Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Extended Security Maintenance), iyo inopa zvirongwa zvekuchengetedza zvakakosha kune kernel uye mapepa emakosheni evakashandiswa zvikuru muBuntu 12.04. Izvi zvinoshandiswa zvinowanikwa munzvimbo yakachengeteka, yakachengetwa yega yega inowanika kuUbuntu Advantage vatengi.
Vose vese Ubuntu 12.04 LTS vashanduri vanokurudzirwa kuti vavandudzire ku Ubuntu 14.04 LTS kana Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Asi kune avo vasingakwanisi kuvandudza pakarepo, Ubuntu 12.04 ESM updates ichabatsira kuchengetedza nekuchengetedzwa kwekuchengetedzwa kwehutano hweBuntu 12.04 systems.
Vashandi vanofarira Ubuntu 12.04 ESM updates vanogona kutenga Ubuntu Advantage pa http://buy.ubuntu.com/