Ubuntu releases are made semiannually by Canonical Ltd, the developers of the Ubuntu operating system, using the year and month of the release as a version number. The first Ubuntu release, for example, was Ubuntu 4.10 and was released on 20 October 2004. Consequently, version numbers for future versions are provisional; if the release is delayed until a different month (or even year) to that planned, the version number changes accordingly.
Every fourth release, in the second quarter of even-numbered years, has been designated as a Long Term Support (LTS) release, indicating that they are supported and receive updates for five years, with paid technical support also available from Canonical Ltd. However the desktop version of LTS releases before 12.04 were supported for only three years. Releases 6.06, 8.04, 10.04 and 12.04 are the LTS releases.Non-LTS releases prior to 13.04 have typically been supported for 18 months, and have always been supported until at least the date of the next LTS release. This has changed, however, for 13.04 and subsequent non-LTS releases, with the support period being halved to 9 months.
On 25 April 2013 Shuttleworth announced that Ubuntu 13.10 would be named Saucy Salamander. This version is scheduled for release on 17 October 2013.
Consideration was given to replacing Mozilla Firefox as the default browser with Chromium, but problems with timely updates to Ubuntu's Chromium package caused developers to stay with Firefox for this release.
Ubuntu 13.10 will be the first release to replace X11 with the Mir display server, although with X11-programs, "desktop environments, peripherals and multi-monitor setups designed for X" will continue to work through the XMir compatibility layer.
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Every fourth release, in the second quarter of even-numbered years, has been designated as a Long Term Support (LTS) release, indicating that they are supported and receive updates for five years, with paid technical support also available from Canonical Ltd. However the desktop version of LTS releases before 12.04 were supported for only three years. Releases 6.06, 8.04, 10.04 and 12.04 are the LTS releases.Non-LTS releases prior to 13.04 have typically been supported for 18 months, and have always been supported until at least the date of the next LTS release. This has changed, however, for 13.04 and subsequent non-LTS releases, with the support period being halved to 9 months.
On 25 April 2013 Shuttleworth announced that Ubuntu 13.10 would be named Saucy Salamander. This version is scheduled for release on 17 October 2013.
Consideration was given to replacing Mozilla Firefox as the default browser with Chromium, but problems with timely updates to Ubuntu's Chromium package caused developers to stay with Firefox for this release.
Ubuntu 13.10 will be the first release to replace X11 with the Mir display server, although with X11-programs, "desktop environments, peripherals and multi-monitor setups designed for X" will continue to work through the XMir compatibility layer.
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