Category Archives: Planet

Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) released

By lyz | Published: 2017-04-13

Codenamed “Zesty Zapus”, Ubuntu 17.04 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs. Under the hood, there have been updates to many core packages, including a new 4.10-based […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 504

By tsimonq2 | Published: 2017-04-10

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #504 for the weeks of March 27 – April 9, 2017, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Growing Ubuntu for Cloud and IoT, rather than phone and convergence Welcome New Members and Developers Ubuntu Stats LoCo Events Alan Pope: Snapcraft […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 503

By tsimonq2 | Published: 2017-03-28

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #503 for the weeks March 13 – 26, 2017, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) Final Beta Released Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) reaches End of Life on April 28 2017 Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Extended Security Maintenance) […]

Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) Final Beta released

By lyz | Published: 2017-03-24

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the final beta release of the Ubuntu 17.04 Desktop, Server, and Cloud products. Codenamed “Zesty Zapus”, 17.04 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new […]

Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) reaches End of Life on April 28 2017

By lyz | Published: 2017-03-15

Ubuntu announced its 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) release almost 5 years ago, on April 26, 2012. As with the earlier LTS releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 5 years. The support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 12.04 will reach end of life on Friday, April 28th. […]