For new installations, always use the current Ubuntu LTS release (24.04 Noble Numbat as of 2025). Use 16.04 only in air-gapped or legacy environments.
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sudo do-release-upgrade | Item | Details | | :--- | :--- | | Codename | Xenial Xerus | | Release Date | April 21, 2016 | | End of Standard Support | April 30, 2021 | | Kernel | 4.4 (HWE kernels available up to 4.15) | | Architectures | amd64 (64-bit), i386 (32-bit), ARM, PowerPC | For new installations, always use the current Ubuntu