Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx coming next year

Filed under: OS Updates, Linux, Canonical

The folks at Canonical are putting the final touches on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala which should be available next month. But in one of the first steps toward looking even further ahead, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has announced the alliterative codename for Ubuntu 10.04 which will be released in April: Lucid Lynx.

Ubuntu comes out on a six month schedule, which means that you get a major update every April and October. Lucid Lynx will be a LTS or Long Time Service release, which means users and organizations that don't want to feel the need to upgrade every six months can install the operating system and expect 2 years of support from Canonical. The last LTS release was Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron.

Ubuntu 10.04 will use the GNOME 2.0 desktop (the following version will move on to GNOME 3.0). There'll be a push for more cloud computing features. More details should emerge in the coming months.

[via OStatic]

Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx coming next year originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments