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LinuxNews July 11, 2026 3 min read

Canonical Extends Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 LTS Support to Ten Years

Canonical's September 2021 decision to extend Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 LTS support to a full decade, and what it signaled about its long-term LTS commitment.

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Shell & TerminalNews July 11, 2026 3 min read

Ubuntu Adopts Dash as Default /bin/sh, Exposing Bashisms Everywhere

Ubuntu 6.10 switched its default /bin/sh from Bash to the stricter Dash in October 2006 for faster boot times, surfacing years of non-portable scripts.

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