Stable

• DapperDrake - (6.06 LTS; Released June 1, 2006)

• BreezyBadger (5.10; Released October 13, 2005)

• HoaryHedgehog (5.04; Released April 8, 2005)

End-of-life

• Ubuntu releases are supported for at least 18 months after release. Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Support) releases will be supported for 3 years on the desktop, and 5 years on the server.

• WartyWarthog (4.10; Released October 20, 2004; EOL April 30, 2006)

  • [https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2006-March/000061.html]

Beta Testing

• EdgyEft (6.10; Planned for October 2006)

Planning

Release Schedule

• Ubuntu releases every six months, one month after each Gnome release (see TimeBasedReleases)

Variants of Ubuntu

• ["Kubuntu"] (Ubuntu with KDE instead of Gnome)
• ["Edubuntu"] (Ubuntu focused on education)
• ["Xubuntu"] (Ubuntu with XFCE instead of Gnome)

• GrumpyGroundhog (an Ubuntu-derived distribution containing a "crack-of-the-day" set of packages)