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I'll install 20.04.6 (I paid to get the updates until 2030 or so, so I'm good, 22.04 support doesn't last as long it seems. Sure I could install the latest, but I find 20.04.6 to be extremely stable (under Ubuntu MATE) on my aging but still very functional

Don't forget that whilst Ubuntu 20.04 LTS has five years of community support; Ubuntu-MATE had only three years, and is already End of Life.

Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS reaches end of life

As of 30 April 2023 Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS has reached EOL (End of Life) and is no longer supported. Being a long term release (LTS), official Ubuntu flavors are only supported for 3 years, as opposed to Ubuntu's 5 years. This means MATE components of your system will no longer receive updates after today, but foundational components will continue to receive security updates from Ubuntu. Please note that there is no upgrade path for i386 (32bit) systems. How do I check? See which version you…

Thus your Ubuntu-MATE support has already ended.

Your Ubuntu community support will end (ie. sites like askubuntu.com etc) after 5 years, or 2025-April for 20.04 LTS.

The ESM or extended support comes from Canonical, not the Ubuntu community.

What support you obtain from Canonical will depend on your contract, ie. email, phone etc, as the basic options include only security fixes but no actual support.