Category Archives: Release

Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) reaches End of Life on July 23, 2015

By lyz | Published: 2015-07-03

Ubuntu announced its 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) release almost 9 months ago, on October 23, 2014. As a non-LTS release, 14.10 has a 9-month month support cycle and, as such, the support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 14.10 will reach end of life on Thursday, July 23rd. At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices […]

Wily Werewolf Alpha 1 Released

By lyz | Published: 2015-06-25

"I’m getting really sick of being misquoted in release announcements." – Oscar Wilde, probably. The first alpha of the Wily Werewolf (to become 15.10) has now been released! This alpha features images for Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, UbuntuKylin and the Ubuntu Cloud images. Pre-releases of the Wily Werewolf are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a […]

Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) released

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2015-04-23

Codenamed "Vivid Vervet", 15.04 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 3.19-based kernel, […]

Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) Final Beta released

By lyz | Published: 2015-03-27

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the final beta release of Ubuntu 15.04 Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products. Codenamed "Vivid Vervet", 15.04 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 […]

Vivid Vervet Beta 1 Released

By lyz | Published: 2015-02-27

The first Beta of the Vivid Vervet (to become 15.04) has now been released! Pre-releases of the Vivid Vervet are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu flavour developers and those who want to help in […]