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[[https://www.ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle|Ubuntu Website release cycle page]]
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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]] ||
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##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 ||
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##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]] ||
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##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;"> ||
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##19.04
||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 19.04 ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[DiscoDingo|Disco Dingo]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">TBA||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> ||
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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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##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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##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;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-July/000232.html|July 19 2018]] ||
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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

Current

Version

Code name

Docs

Release date

End of Life date

Ubuntu 18.10

Cosmic Cuttlefish

Release Notes

October 18, 2018

July 2019

Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS

Bionic Beaver

Changes

July 26, 2018

April 2023

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Bionic Beaver

Release Notes

April 26, 2018

April 2023

Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS

Xenial Xerus

Changes

August 2, 2018

April 2021

Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS

Xenial Xerus

Changes

March 1, 2018

April 2021

Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS

Xenial Xerus

Changes

August 3, 2017

April 2021

Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS

Xenial Xerus

Changes

February 16, 2017

April 2021

Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS

Xenial Xerus

Changes

July 21, 2016

April 2021

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Xenial Xerus

Release Notes

April 21, 2016

April 2021

Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS

Trusty Tahr

Changes

August 4, 2016

April 2019

Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS

Trusty Tahr

Changes

February 18, 2016

HWE August 2016

Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS

Trusty Tahr

Changes

August 6, 2015

HWE August 2016

Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS

Trusty Tahr

Changes

February 20, 2015

HWE August 2016

Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS

Trusty Tahr

Changes

July 24, 2014

April 2019

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Trusty Tahr

Release Notes

April 17, 2014

April 2019

Future

Version

Code name

Docs

Release date

End of Life date

Ubuntu 19.04

Disco Dingo

TBA

Extended Security Maintenance

Extended Security Maintenance is a paid option through Ubuntu Advantage to get extended security updates for select server packages.

Version

Supported Packages

Start of ESM date

# of Years

End of Life date

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

SecurityTeam/ESM/12.04

April 28, 2017

2 years

April 2019

End of Life

Version

Code name

Docs

Release date

End of Life date

Ubuntu 17.10

Artful Aardvark

Release Notes

October 19, 2017

July 19 2018

Ubuntu 17.04

Zesty Zapus

Rel

April 13, 2017

January 13, 2018

Ubuntu 16.10

Yakkety Yak

Rel

October 13, 2016

July 20, 2017

Ubuntu 15.10

Wily Werewolf

Rel

October 22, 2015

July 28, 2016

Ubuntu 15.04

Vivid Vervet

Rel

April 23, 2015

February 4, 2016

Ubuntu 14.10

Utopic Unicorn

Rel

October 23, 2014

July 23, 2015

Ubuntu 13.10

Saucy Salamander

Rel

October 17, 2013

July 17, 2014

Ubuntu 13.04

Raring Ringtail

Rel

April 25, 2013

January 27, 2014

Ubuntu 12.10

Quantal Quetzal

Tech / Rel

October 18, 2012

May 16, 2014

Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS

Precise Pangolin

Rel

August 7, 2014

April 28, 2017

Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS

Precise Pangolin

Changes

February 6, 2014

HWE August 8, 2014

Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS

Precise Pangolin

Changes

August 23, 2013

HWE August 8, 2014

Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS

Precise Pangolin

Changes

February 14, 2013

HWE August 8, 2014

Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS

Precise Pangolin

Changes

August 24, 2012

April 28, 2017

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Precise Pangolin

Tech / Rel

April 26, 2012

April 28, 2017

Ubuntu 11.10

Oneiric Ocelot

Tech / Rel

October 13, 2011

May 9, 2013

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 10.04.4 LTS

Lucid Lynx

Changes

February 16, 2012

May 9, 2013 (Desktop)
April 30, 2015 (Server)

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 10.04

Lucid Lynx (Desktop)

Changes

February 16, 2012

May 9, 2013

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 8.04.4 LTS

Hardy Heron (Server)

Changes

January 28, 2010

May 9, 2013

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

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 19, 2008

Ubuntu 6.10

Edgy Eft

October 26, 2006

April 26, 2008

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 6.06

Dapper Drake (Desktop)

Rel

June 1, 2006

July 14, 2009

Ubuntu 5.10

Breezy Badger

Rel

October 12, 2005

April 13, 2007

Ubuntu 5.04

Hoary Hedgehog

April 8, 2005

October 31, 2006

Ubuntu 4.10

Warty Warthog

October 26, 2004

April 30, 2006

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

Release team

To find your release

Open a terminal and type

    lsb_release -a


CategoryDerivatives

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