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List of releases

Current

Version	Code name	Docs	Release date	End of life date
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS	Trusty Tahr	Rel	April 17, 2014	April 2019
Ubuntu 13.10	Saucy Salamander	Rel	October 17, 2013	July 2014
Ubuntu 12.10	Quantal Quetzal	Tech / Rel	October 18, 2012	April 16, 2014
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS	Precise Pangolin	Changes	February 6, 2014	April 2017
Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS	Precise Pangolin	Changes	August 23, 2013
Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS	Precise Pangolin	Changes	February 14, 2013
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS	Precise Pangolin	Changes	August 24, 2012
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS	Precise Pangolin	Tech / Rel	April 26, 2012
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS	Lucid Lynx	Changes	February 16, 2012	May 9, 2013 (Desktop) April 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

Release announcements are posted on the ubuntu-announce mailing list.

Future

Version	Code name	Docs	Release date	End of life date
Ubuntu 14.10	Utopic Unicorn		October 2014

End of life

Version	Code name	Docs	Release date	End of life date
Ubuntu 13.04	Raring Ringtail	Rel	April 25, 2013	January 27, 2014
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	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	Rel	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

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.
Long term support (LTS) releases are for 5 years.
Older releases may have different support length.

Release cadence

Releases are published in a time based fashion, every 6 months, following a planned schedule.

Release team

Visit the release team page.

Other Ubuntu flavours

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Lubuntu (Ubuntu with LXDE instead of Unity)
Edubuntu (specially designed for educational purposes)
UbuntuStudio (specially designed for multimedia production)
Ubuntu Kylin (optimized for Chinese users)
Mythbuntu (Xubuntu-based desktop with MythTV installed by default)

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Releases (last edited 2025-11-26 06:32:53 by jbicha)

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-||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[TrustyTahr|Trusty Tahr]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes|Rel]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2014-April/000182.html|April 17, 2014]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">  ||
+||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[TrustyTahr|Trusty Tahr]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes|Rel]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2014-April/000182.html|April 17, 2014]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2014-April/000182.html|April 2019]]||
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-||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 12.10 ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[QuantalQuetzal|Quantal Quetzal]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[QuantalQuetzal/TechnicalOverview|Tech]] / [[QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseNotes|Rel]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-October/000164.html | October 18, 2012]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-October/000164.html|April 2014]] ||
+||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 12.10 ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[QuantalQuetzal|Quantal Quetzal]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[QuantalQuetzal/TechnicalOverview|Tech]] / [[QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseNotes|Rel]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-October/000164.html | October 18, 2012]] ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2014-April/002488.html|April 16, 2014]] ||
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-||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 14.10||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">  ||
+||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 14.10||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">Utopic Unicorn||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">October 2014||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">  ||
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-||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 7.04||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[FeistyFawn|Feisty Fawn]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/704|Rel]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2007-April/000102.html|April 19, 2007]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2008-September/000113.html|October 2008]]||
+||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 7.04||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[FeistyFawn|Feisty Fawn]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/704|Rel]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2007-April/000102.html|April 19, 2007]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2008-September/000113.html|October 19, 2008]]||
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-||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 6.10||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[EdgyEft|Edgy Eft]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[EdgyReleaseNotes|Rel]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2006-October/000093.html|October 26, 2006]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-March/000680.html|April 2008]]||
+||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 6.10||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[EdgyEft|Edgy Eft]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[EdgyReleaseNotes|Rel]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2006-October/000093.html|October 26, 2006]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-March/000680.html|April 26, 2008]]||
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-||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 5.10||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[BreezyBadger|Breezy Badger]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/510|Rel]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2005-October/000038.html|October 12, 2005]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2007-March/000504.html|April 2007]]||
+||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 5.10||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[BreezyBadger|Breezy Badger]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/510|Rel]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2005-October/000038.html|October 12, 2005]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2007-March/000504.html|April 13, 2007]]||
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+||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 5.04||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[HoaryHedgehog|Hoary Hedgehog]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;"> ||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2005-April/000023.html|April 8, 2005]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2006-October/000418.html|October 31, 2006]]||
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+||<bgcolor="#762852;"style="color: #dd4814;">Ubuntu 4.10||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[WartyWarthog|Warty Warthog]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2004-October/000003.html|October 26, 2004]]||<bgcolor="#f1f1dd;">[[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2006-March/000061.html|April 30, 2006]]||