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Support

Normal Ubuntu releases are supported for 18 months. Previous Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Support) releases are supported for 3 years on the desktop and 5 years on the server. Starting with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, LTS releases will be supported for 5 years on both the desktop and the server.

Team

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Schedule

Ubuntu releases every six months (see TimeBasedReleases).

Release Schedules: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseSchedule

Development (future) releases

Version	Code name	Docs	Release date	End of life date
Ubuntu 13.04	Raring Ringtail		April 2013	October 2014

Stable

Version	Code name	Docs	Release date	End of life date
Ubuntu 12.10	Quantal Quetzal	Tech / Rel	October 18, 2012	April 2014
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS	Precise Pangolin	Changes	August 24, 2012	April 2017 (for details)
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS	Precise Pangolin	Tech / Rel	April 26, 2012
Ubuntu 11.10	Oneiric Ocelot	Tech / Rel	October 13, 2011	April 2013 (for details)
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS	Lucid Lynx	Changes	February 16, 2012	April 2013 (Desktop) April 2015 (Server) (for details)
Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS	Lucid Lynx	Changes	July 21, 2011
Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS	Lucid Lynx	Changes	February 18, 2011
Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS	Lucid Lynx	Changes	August 17, 2010
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS	Lucid Lynx	Tech / Rel	April 29, 2010
Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS	Hardy Heron	Changes	January 28, 2010	April 2013 (Server)
Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS	Hardy Heron	Changes	July 16, 2009
Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS	Hardy Heron	Changes	January 22, 2009
Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS	Hardy Heron	Hardy Heron	July 3, 2008
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS	Hardy Heron	Hardy Heron Rel	April 24, 2008

Release announcements are posted on the ubuntu-announce mailing list.

End of Life (EOL)

Version	Code name	Docs	Release date	End of life date
Ubuntu 11.04	Natty Narwhal	Tech / Rel	April 28, 2011	October 28, 2012
Ubuntu 10.10	Maverick Meerkat	Tech / Rel	October 10, 2010	April 10, 2012
Ubuntu 9.10	Karmic Koala	Tech / Rel	October 29, 2009	April 30, 2011
Ubuntu 9.04	Jaunty Jackalope	Tech / Rel	April 23, 2009	October 23, 2010
Ubuntu 8.10	Intrepid Ibex	Rel	October 30, 2008	April 30, 2010
Ubuntu 8.04	Hardy Heron (Desktop)	Rel	April 24, 2008	May 12, 2011
Ubuntu 7.10	Gutsy Gibbon	Rel	October 18, 2007	April 18th, 2009
Ubuntu 7.04	Feisty Fawn	Rel	April 19, 2007	October 2008
Ubuntu 6.10	Edgy Eft	Rel	October 26, 2006	April 2008
Ubuntu 6.06	Dapper Drake (Desktop)	Rel	June 1, 2006	July 14, 2009
Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS	Dapper Drake (Server)		January 21, 2008	June 1, 2011
Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS	Dapper Drake		August 10, 2006
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS	Dapper Drake	Rel	June 1, 2006
Ubuntu 5.10	Breezy Badger	Rel / Rel	October 12, 2005	April 2007
Ubuntu 5.04	Hoary Hedgehog		April 8, 2005	October 2006
Ubuntu 4.10	Warty Warthog		October 26, 2004	April 2006

The content of these old releases has been archived and can be accessed from http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases.

Flavours of Ubuntu

Kubuntu (Ubuntu with KDE Plasma instead of Unity)
Edubuntu (Ubuntu focused on education)
Xubuntu (Ubuntu with XFCE instead of Unity)
UbuntuStudio (Ubuntu focused on multimedia production)
Mythbuntu (Xubuntu-based XFCE4 desktop OS with MythTV installed)
Lubuntu (Ubuntu with LXDE instead of Unity)

Releases (last edited 2024-02-28 22:29:30 by brian-murray)

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-||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 12.10 ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[QuantalQuetzal|Quantal Quetzal]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[QuantalQuetzal/TechnicalOverview|Tech]] / [[QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseNotes|Rel]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-October/000164.html | October 18, 2012]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> April 2014 ||
+||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu '''12.10''' ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[QuantalQuetzal|Quantal Quetzal]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[QuantalQuetzal/TechnicalOverview|Tech]] / [[QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseNotes|Rel]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-October/000164.html | October 18, 2012]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> April 2014 ||
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##12.04.1
||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu '''12.04.1 LTS''' ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[PrecisePangolin|Precise Pangolin]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[PrecisePangolin/ReleaseNotes/ChangeSummary/12.04.1|Changes]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-August/000160.html | August 24, 2012]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> April 2017 <<BR>> [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/ReleaseManifest|(for details)]]||
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-||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[PrecisePangolin|Precise Pangolin]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[PrecisePangolin/TechnicalOverview|Tech]] / [[PrecisePangolin/ReleaseNotes|Rel]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-April/000159.html | April 26, 2012]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> April 2017 ||
+||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[PrecisePangolin|Precise Pangolin]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[PrecisePangolin/TechnicalOverview|Tech]] / [[PrecisePangolin/ReleaseNotes|Rel]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-April/000159.html | April 26, 2012]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">||
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##11.04
||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu '''11.04'''||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[NattyNarwhal|Natty Narwhal]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[NattyNarwhal/TechnicalOverview|Tech]] / [[NattyNarwhal/ReleaseNotes|Rel]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2011-April/000147.html|April 28, 2011]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-September/000162.html | October 28, 2012]]<<BR>> [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NattyNarwhal/ReleaseManifest|(for details)]]||
+||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 11.10 ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[OneiricOcelot|Oneiric Ocelot]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[OneiricOcelot/TechnicalOverview|Tech]] / [[OneiricOcelot/ReleaseNotes|Rel]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[ https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2011-October/000153.html|October 13, 2011]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> April 2013<<BR>> [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneiricOcelot/ReleaseManifest|(for details)]]||
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||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 11.04||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[NattyNarwhal|Natty Narwhal]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[NattyNarwhal/TechnicalOverview|Tech]] / [[NattyNarwhal/ReleaseNotes|Rel]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2011-April/000147.html|April 28, 2011]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-October/000165.html | October 28, 2012]]||
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