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  • It seems that something is not clear, 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) is still in support until 2017-04. Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 7:14
  • @mitch End-of-life (EOL) for 12.04, 12.04.1, and 12.04.5 HWE is April 2017 but for the other HWE stacks it is roughly when 14.04.1 is released: Aug 8, 2014. Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 7:26
  • lsb_release -a gives 12.04.4 LTS or 12.04 precise. It has Kernel uname -r 3.8.0-40. So according to the HWE wiki I am affected by the EOL and so I am told from the update manager. Still it says LTS, does it not? Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 7:28
  • @Rinzwind. Exactly, there is a difference between the 12.04 EOL and the HWE EOL. In my case I can handle the update (I guess) but assuming a normal user coming from XP this spring: how should one know about this difference? Isn't the "LTS" somewhat misleading? Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 7:33