Does an LTS desktop get any updates after three years?

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Published on 2011-08-20T11:35:46Z Indexed on 2012/04/10 23:43 UTC
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In cleaning up an answer today, I noted the following:

LTS desktops get updates for three years
LTS servers get updates for five years
An Ubuntu desktop is (essentially) a superset of server packages.

So in the fourth and fifth year, if LTS Server gets Kernel updates*, are these also provided for LTS Desktop? What about other core-system stuff?

I realise the Kernel is a little special because there is a -server variant but are updates pushed for -generic (et al) too?

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