https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/Ubuntu_LTS_Hardware_Enablement_Stack_information
The following table shows the GA and HWE kernel versions of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS und 16.04 LTS:
Ubuntu LTS Version | Kernel Version | Kernel Note | Kernel Type | Release | Support until |
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | |||||
20.04 (RN) | 5.4 | GA Kernel | April 2020 | April 2025 | |
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | |||||
18.04 (RN) / 18.04.1 (RN) | 4.15 | GA Kernel | April 2018 | April 2023 | |
18.04.2 (RN) | 4.18 | (from Ubuntu 18.10) | HWE Kernel | Februar 2019 | August 2019 |
18.04.3 (RN) | 5.0 | (from Ubuntu 19.04) | HWE Kernel | August 2019 | April 2020 |
18.04.4 (RN) | 5.3 | (from Ubuntu 19.10) | HWE Kernel | February 2020 | August 2020 |
18.04.5 | 5.4 | (from Ubuntu 20.04) | HWE Kernel | approx. August 2020 | approx. April 2023 |
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | |||||
16.04/16.04.1 | 4.4 | GA Kernel | April 2016 | April 2021 | |
16.04.2 | 4.8 | (from Ubuntu 16.10) | HWE Kernel | Februar 2017 | August 2017 |
16.04.3 | 4.10 | (from Ubuntu 17.04) | HWE Kernel | August 2017 | Februar 2018 |
16.04.4 | 4.13 | (from Ubuntu 17.10) | HWE Kernel | Februar 2018 | August 2018 |
16.04.5 | 4.15 | (from Ubuntu 18.04) | HWE Kernel | August 2018 | April 2021 |