Ubuntu 14.04 iya kuyekiswa ngo-Epreli 30. Ubuntu 12.04 wayeka ukufumana inkxaso kwiminyaka emi-4 kunye neenyanga ezili-11 ezidlulileyo. Okanye kulungile, le ithiyori, kuba ingxelo ekhutshwe ngo-Epreli 2012 ifumene inkxaso kule veki. Sithetha nge Uhlaziyo lweLinux kernel kuzo zombini ezi nguqulelo, zombini iLTS okanye Inkxaso yexesha elide, olungisa isiphako sezokhuseleko kwezo zingabungozi kakhulu kodwa kungcono ukuba ungabinazo naziphi na iinkqubo zokusebenza.
I-Linux Kernel 3.13, enye esetyenziswa bobabini i-v14.04 kunye ne-v12.04, ibandakanya ifayile ye bug evumela umsebenzisi okhohlakeleyo ukuba aqhube iinkqubo njengomlawuli. Into endicinga ukuba yeyona ibaluleke kakhulu ukuba ichazwe kukuba ukuze umsebenzisi athi akwazi ukusebenzisa ubungozi, kufuneka abe nokufikelela ngokwasemzimbeni kwikhompyuter, okokuqala, ayiyongozi kakhulu.
Inguqulelo entsha yeLinux Kernel 3.13 ilungisa ingxaki encinci
Iinkqubo ezichaphazelekayo zizo zonke iinkqubo ze-Ubuntu ezisemthethweni kwaye zonke ezo zinto zisekwe kwinkqubo yokusebenza yeCanonical engakhange ilungise ibug iyodwa. Ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba Ubuntu 14.04, Kubuntu 14.04, Lubuntu 14.04, Xubuntu 14.04 kunye Ubuntu Studio 14.04 bayachaphazeleka. Ezinye iincasa ezisemthethweni, ezinje nge-Ubuntu MATE okanye Ubuntu Budgie inokukhutshwa, ikakhulu inguqulelo kaBudgie eyaqala ukukhutshwa ngo-Okthobha u-2015 (iBudgie Remix 15.10). Ubuntu MATE kufuneka ichaphazeleke, kuba inguqulelo yayo yokuqala yayiyeyona ichanekileyo Ubuntu MATE 14.04, ukukhutshwa okwakungeyiyo i-LTS.
Kwelinye icala kwaye njengoko besesitshilo ngaphambili, Olu hlaziyo lukwafumaneka kwi-Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ofumene i-v3.13.0-166.216 ~ ngqo1. Inguqulelo ekhoyo ye-Ubuntu 14.04 iyafana, kodwa yinxalenye kuphela enamanani.
Ubuntu 14.04 iyayeka ukufumana inkxaso esemthethweni malunga neeveki ezintandathu. Ukusuka kuloo mzuzu kuye kucingelwa ukuba akukho zicelo okanye nkqubo ayizukufumana hlaziyo, ke kusenokwenzeka ukuba abasebenzisi abaqhubekayo kolo hlobo baya kubhencwa kwizoyikiso ezizayo. Anditsho ukuba kukhuselekile kwinto yokuba Ubuntu 12.04 ifumene uhlaziyo lwe-kernel 7 kwiminyaka emva kokukhutshwa kwayo.
I-Canonical icebisa ukuhlaziywa kwabo bonke abasebenzisi abakwiinguqu ezichazwe kweli nqaku ngokukhawuleza.