Kukhutshwa ngo-Epreli 17, 2014, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS iTrusty Tahr izakufikelela esiphelweni sobomi bayo malunga neenyanga ezi-3 ukusukela namhlanjeNgokukodwa nge-30 ka-Epreli 2019. Ukuba yinguqulelo yolondolozo olude, yaxhaswa iminyaka emihlanu.
Kunyaka odlulileyo, ngo-Septemba 19, Canonical ingxelo yokuba Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Abasebenzisi beTahr abathembekileyo banethuba lokuthenga inkxaso eyongezelelweyo yale nkqubo yokusebenza ngesithembiso esibiziweyo Ulondolozo lwezoKhuseleko olwandisiweyo (ESM), esele ithengisa kakhulu kubasebenzisi be-Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin.
"Amandla e-ESM e-Ubuntu 14.04 athetha ukuba ukuphela komjikelo wawo ngo-Epreli 2019 ngekhe kube nefuthe elibi kwimibutho. I-Canonical ibeka ukhuseleko entliziyweni yoBuntu, kwiinkqubo zethu, kwiinkqubo kunye noyilo lweemveliso zethu" Kukhankanyiwe eposini.
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM iyafumaneka ngoMeyi 2019
Imibutho, amashishini, kunye nabantu abanomdla wokwandisa ubomi benkqubo ngenkqubo ye-ESM kufuneka baphonononge iphakheji yeshishini le-Canonical okanye banxibelelane nesebe lezentengiso ukuze bacwangcisele ukuphela kuka-Epreli 30. Ungazazi ezinye iinkcukacha kwifayile isikhangiso.
Ukuqala ngoMeyi 2019, iphakheji ye-Ubuntu 14.04 ESM iya kubakho ukuthengwa. Nangona ungakulibali oko unako ukukhulula ukuphucula ukuya ku-Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus exhaswa kude kube ngu-Epreli 2021 okanye kwi-Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ngenkxaso kude kube ngu-Epreli 2023 okanye ngo-Epreli 2028.