# Why Ubuntu 14? Why not 16 or 17? Any Reason?

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**Category:** Help with Setup/Upgrade\
**Created:** [August 3, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/why-ubuntu-14-why-not-16-or-17-any-reason/2390 "2017-08-03T11:24:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dibbyo456](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@Dibbyo456](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Dibbyo456)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/why-ubuntu-14-why-not-16-or-17-any-reason/2390/1 "2017-08-03T11:24:55Z")

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I’m just curious. Why? any specific reason?

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**Author:** ![JoshData](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/user_avatar/discourse.mailinabox.email/joshdata/32/2153_2.png) [@JoshData](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/JoshData)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/why-ubuntu-14-why-not-16-or-17-any-reason/2390/2 "2017-08-03T11:38:31Z")

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Ubuntu 14.04 was the Ubuntu version that existed when the project began.

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**Author:** ![Dibbyo456](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@Dibbyo456](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Dibbyo456)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 11:40am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/why-ubuntu-14-why-not-16-or-17-any-reason/2390/3 "2017-08-03T11:40:34Z")

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So, why not move to 16, the newer the better, right?

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**Author:** ![JoshData](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/user_avatar/discourse.mailinabox.email/joshdata/32/2153_2.png) [@JoshData](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/JoshData)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 11:55am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/why-ubuntu-14-why-not-16-or-17-any-reason/2390/4 "2017-08-03T11:55:06Z")

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Please see:

> <https://github.com/mail-in-a-box/mailinabox/issues/758>
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> The preflight issues a hard check for the used Ubuntu distribution.
> With 16.04 arriving within a month and already having a beta.
> Are...

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**Author:** ![Locker](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/user_avatar/discourse.mailinabox.email/locker/32/584_2.png) [@Locker](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Locker)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/why-ubuntu-14-why-not-16-or-17-any-reason/2390/5 "2017-08-03T23:35:48Z")

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To simplify this:

- LTS Server is good for five years.
- LTS versions come out every two years.
- With the above in mind, Josh can skip every other LTS version and still have a fully supported OS.

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**Author:** ![JoshData](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/user_avatar/discourse.mailinabox.email/joshdata/32/2153_2.png) [@JoshData](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/JoshData)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/why-ubuntu-14-why-not-16-or-17-any-reason/2390/6 "2017-08-03T23:51:11Z")

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But it’s not by design, it’s just that no one has yet put the time in to actually making the upgrade happen. So we’re lucky we have four years to do it!

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**Author:** ![jege](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@jege](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/jege)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/why-ubuntu-14-why-not-16-or-17-any-reason/2390/7 "2017-08-09T23:53:40Z")

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…until in 3.9 years someone suddenly remembers that LTS is about to run out and it becomes a rush job with the undesirable consequences it brings. Not to say that it need to happen this year, but better not wait until the last moment either.

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4d0933d13c456b7e57f296aa6cc344525b6f0c70.png) [@system](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/why-ubuntu-14-why-not-16-or-17-any-reason/2390/8 "2017-08-16T23:53:42Z")

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