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Is Lubuntu 12.04 an LTS ?

Asked by LXCC

Hi,
a month ago i've installed Lubuntu 12.04, 64bit.

On wiki:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu#Lubuntu_VS_Ubuntu
"Lubuntu 12.04 is not an LTS (5 years support), but a standard release that is supported for 18 months (if you would like to change this please feel free to contact the developers to offer assistance in this area)."

but

$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

then, is Lubuntu 12.04 an LTS?
Or next october I have to change Lubuntu version?

Thanks

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said : 		#1

No both Ubuntu and Xubuntu 12.04 are LTS but Lubuntu is not. Its supported to Oct 2013

See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubuntu

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Lubuntu 12.04 is supported like the non LTS releases but packages common in all releases will continue but community support will cease

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LXCC (lxcc-it-gg) said : 		#3

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

You could get around it by installing Ubuntu minimal then install lxde :-)

lsb_release will still say ubuntu :-)