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##18.10 ||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 18.10 ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[CosmicCuttlefish|Cosmic Cuttlefish]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[CosmicCuttlefish/ReleaseNotes|Release Notes]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-October/000237.html|October 18, 2018]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-October/000237.html|July 2019]] || ## ##18.04.1 ||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu '''18.04.1 LTS''' ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[BionicBeaver|Bionic Beaver]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes/ChangeSummary/18.04.1|Changes]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-July/000234.html|July 26, 2018]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-April/000231.html|April 2023]] || ## |
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||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu '''18.04 LTS''' ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[BionicBeaver]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes|Release Notes]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-April/000231.html|April 26, 2018]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> April 2023 || ## ##17.10 ||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 17.10||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[ArtfulAardvark|Artful Aardvark]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[ArtfulAardvark/ReleaseNotes|Release Notes]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2017-October/000226.html|October 19, 2017]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">July 2018 || |
||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[BionicBeaver|Bionic Beaver]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes|Release Notes]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-April/000231.html|April 26, 2018]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-April/000231.html|April 2023]] || ## ##16.04.5 ||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu '''16.04.5 LTS''' ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[XenialXerus|Xenial Xerus]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes/ChangeSummary/16.04.5|Changes]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-August/000235.html|August 2, 2018]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2016-April/000207.html|April 2021]] || |
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||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu '''16.04.4 LTS''' ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[XenialXerus|Xenial Xerus]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes/ChangeSummary/16.04.4|Changes]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2017-August/000224.html|March 1, 2018]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-March/000229.html|April 2021]] || | ||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[XenialXerus|Xenial Xerus]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes/ChangeSummary/16.04.4|Changes]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-March/000229.html|March 1, 2018]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2016-April/000207.html|April 2021]] || |
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##18.10 ||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 18.10 ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">TBD ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">October 2018||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> || ## |
##19.04 ||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 19.04 ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[DiscoDingo|Disco Dingo]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">TBA||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> || ## === Extended Security Maintenance === Extended Security Maintenance is a paid option through Ubuntu Advantage to get extended security updates for select server packages. ## ##TOP ||<bgcolor="#dd4814; border-radius: 15px 0 0 0px; text-align: center;">'''Version'''||<bgcolor="#dd4814; border-radius: 0px 0 0 0px; text-align: center;">'''Supported Packages'''||<bgcolor="#dd4814; border-radius: 0px 0 0 0px; text-align: center;">'''Start of ESM date'''||<bgcolor="#dd4814; border-radius: 0px 0 0 0px; text-align: center;">'''# of Years'''||<bgcolor="#dd4814; border-radius: 0px 15px 0 0px; text-align: center;">'''End of Life date'''|| ##18.04 ESM ||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu '''18.04 ESM''' || To be announced || April 2023 || 5 years ||April 2028 || ##16.04 ESM ||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu '''16.04 ESM''' || To be announced || April 2021 || 3 years || April 2024 || ##14.04 ESM ||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu '''14.04 ESM''' || To be announced|| April 2019 || 3 years || April 2022 || ##12.04 ESM ||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu '''12.04 ESM''' || [[SecurityTeam/ESM/12.04]]|| [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2017-March/000218.html|April 28, 2017]] || 2 years || April 2019 || |
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* '''Long term support''' (LTS) releases are supported for 5 years, except for [[UbuntuFlavors|flavors]], which are supported for 3 years. * '''Older''' releases may have different support length. |
* Packages in ''main'' and ''restricted'' are supported for 5 years in '''long term support''' (LTS) releases. [[UbuntuFlavors|Flavors]] generally support their packages for 3 years in LTS releases but there are exceptions. See the release notes for specific details. |
List of releases
Ubuntu Website release cycle page
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Release announcements are posted on the ubuntu-announce mailing list.
Future
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Extended Security Maintenance
Extended Security Maintenance is a paid option through Ubuntu Advantage to get extended security updates for select server packages.
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Supported Packages |
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Ubuntu 18.04 ESM |
To be announced |
April 2023 |
5 years |
April 2028 |
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM |
To be announced |
April 2021 |
3 years |
April 2024 |
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM |
To be announced |
April 2019 |
3 years |
April 2022 |
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM |
2 years |
April 2019 |
End of Life
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Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS |
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Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS |
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Ubuntu 11.10 |
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Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS |
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Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS |
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Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS |
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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS |
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Ubuntu 10.04 |
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Ubuntu 9.04 |
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Ubuntu 8.10 |
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Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS |
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Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS |
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Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS |
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Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS |
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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS |
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Ubuntu 8.04 |
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Ubuntu 7.10 |
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Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS |
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Ubuntu 6.06 |
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The content of these old releases can be accessed at the old Ubuntu releases directory.
Management of releases
Support length
Regular releases are supported for 9 months.
Packages in main and restricted are supported for 5 years in long term support (LTS) releases. Flavors generally support their packages for 3 years in LTS releases but there are exceptions. See the release notes for specific details.
Release cadence
Releases are published in a time based fashion, every 6 months, following a planned schedule.
Release team
Visit the release team page.
To find your release
Open a terminal and type
lsb_release -a
Releases (last edited 2024-02-28 22:29:30 by brian-murray)